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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Nick Rains on March 28, 2008, 07:44:20 pm

Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: Nick Rains on March 28, 2008, 07:44:20 pm
Having read Alain's excellent article I checked out Dx0 (again).

Why do I have to pay $299, rather than $169, just because I have a top Nikon or Canon camera body? All other features are the same in the two versions of the software.
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: marcmccalmont on March 28, 2008, 08:13:04 pm
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Having read Alain's excellent article I checked out Dx0 (again).

Why do I have to pay $299, rather than $169, just because I have a top Nikon or Canon camera body? All other features are the same in the two versions of the software.
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Marketing I guess? but to make myself feel better, I rationalized it as improving 8 lenses and 3 bodies for $300, less than $30 each. Since then I have spent more on plugins for PS.
Marc
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 28, 2008, 08:52:12 pm
It's the same marketing/pricing scheme that ImagePrint uses for their RIP: The more expensive your printer, the more expensive the RIP is, for essentially the same software.

I suppose the justification in each case is that it costs them more to research the more expensive printers/camera bodies/lenses, and folks like us who spend more money on our equipment are likely to be willing to spend more on their software too. I certainly hesitated before I bought DxO Elite 4, but I have found it well worth the big bucks.

And Alain's excellent guided tour of version 5 redeems that one in my estimation.
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: marcmccalmont on March 28, 2008, 09:15:51 pm
I still use V4 because V5 is slow to load, slow to load thumbnails and it doesn't remember that I only want to load RAWs (the selection used to be sticky). So I bought V5 but don't really use it much yet. I see little difference in the demosaicing either. I'm waiting for the slow loading thumbnail bug to be fixed before I use it on a daily basis.
Marc
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: Nick Rains on March 29, 2008, 12:52:57 am
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I still use V4 because V5 is slow to load, slow to load thumbnails and it doesn't remember that I only want to load RAWs (the selection used to be sticky). So I bought V5 but don't really use it much yet. I see little difference in the demosaicing either. I'm waiting for the slow loading thumbnail bug to be fixed before I use it on a daily basis.
Marc
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On that basis do you think it's worth the cash?

I guess I'd better do some side by side tests to see if there is a visible difference.
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: marcmccalmont on March 31, 2008, 04:35:11 pm
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On that basis do you think it's worth the cash?

I guess I'd better do some side by side tests to see if there is a visible difference.
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If you can get a copy of V4 yes but if you can only get V5 wait a few more months. DXO has a habit of releasing buggy software but my 5D images are noticeably better with it so it is kind of a love hate relationship. I now love V4 and hate V5.
Marc
Title: DxO Pricing
Post by: httivals on March 31, 2008, 05:22:33 pm
I use version 4.5 on my Mac with a Canon 5D.  Well worth the price, IMHO.