There seems to be several discussions regarding NX2 pros and cons vs. other RAW converters ... much of that goes right over my head. Sorry!
I have been using NX2 for processing photos taken with my Nikon D90. They seem to work very well together, but I always have to use another program to process them further to get results that I desire (nothing too fancy as I'm new to photography and haven't invested a lot in software - I use Paint.net, Gimp and Photoscape). Problem with NX2 is, the 60-day trial expires today and I'm left with the choice of purchasing it for $129 or some other software. I've never used Lightroom but it seems to come highly recommended. From what I can tell, the latest version of Lightroom supports D90 RAW files (NEF), correct? Is there any advantage to having NX2 over Lightroom? Any suggestions? Thoughts? As a student, I can get an education version of Lightroom for $90. I think this is a fully-operational version, I could be wrong... There seems to be a large camp of members here that believe NX2 is superior at least in terms of conversion, but Lightroom seems to have a lot more features, but probably a steep learning curve as far as my experience level goes...