Must see, comparison for detail NEX-5N out of camera jpeg, DXO Optics 8 and Photo Ninja

original image NEX-5N ISO 100 18mm kit lens F5.6 (sharpest aperture)

100% crop

from left to right

1 out of camera jpeg

2 out of camera jpeg(standard in camera sharpening) with DXO Optics Pro 8 "lens softness" correction only

3 jpeg from Photo Ninja process from RAW

first of all the level of detail i got with photo ninja at ISO 100 for NEX-5N RAW is unbelievable

even with kit lens but at the sharpest aperture, the level of detail approach what will be mistaken as from a foveon sensor or D800

that amazing, however the problem is color

color from camera to me is more realistic to me than Noise Ninja

What is surprising is that after the "lens softness" correction from DXO optics 8 even out of camera jpeg has surprising amount of detail

Also note that although advice against by the manual of DXO optics pro which is applying lens softness correction with already sharpen jpeg from camera, I seen no ill effect doing so and contain amazing amount of detail as seen above

after lots of testing time with DXO optics pro and photo ninja my final decision is to

use out of camera jpeg than go through DXO optics for distortion correction and lens softness

Than i will get Sony color but I will miss Photo Ninja detail for sure