CS2 RAW convertor vs Capture NX

[chim666]

I've been using Photoshop CS2 for a couple of years now, but recently tried Capture NX to process RAW images.
I opened the same image in CS2 (using Adobe Bridge/CS2 RAW convertor) and also with Capture NX without changing anything (other than in the case of CS2, adjusting the colour temperature) and found that when the images were viewed at 100%, the CS2 image was nowhere near as clear/sharp as the image opened in Capture NX. Anyone else found this?
Problem is, I'm familiar with CS2, but know very little about Capture NX, and would rather not have to learn a completely new set of tools and techniques!

[Simpo Two]

It may be the the progams as default are appying different amounts of sharpening - worth a poke about in Preferences etc to see what they're doing.

[chim666]

I too thought that might be the case, but I can't see any default sharpening settings in NX when opening a RAW (NEF) file.

ETA - I take that back!! On the LHS of the screen is 'camera settings' and shapening was set to Auto.
Thanks for the tip

Edited by chim666 on Sunday 15th August 15:37

[The_Jackal]

Remember the latest version of ACR uses a lot better algorithm for processing, sharpening and noise reduction.

[chim666]

The_Jackal said:

Remember the latest version of ACR uses a lot better algorithm for processing, sharpening and noise reduction.

That might be so, but I have CS2 which will not work with ACR later than version 3.7, thanks anyway.