I was using a Nikon D300 that creates NEF RAW files. However my Nikon D50 also creates NEF RAW files - but they are not the same. For a start Photoshop CS2 cannot read the D300 RAW files, they have to be converted to DNG files first. CS3 can read the D300 RAW files. I guess Adobe are not updating CS2 RAW formats.
I seem to get a lot less noise using JPEG's from my D300 and keeping everything in 16bit TIF through Panoweaver, Photomatix and Photoshop then back to Panoweaver. Of course I'm talking HDR images.
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