Quote Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
Personally, I find DxO to be the best RAW converter. It's corrections for distortion and noise are better than DPP, and unlike ACR the corrections are based on quantitative testing of each specific camera+lens combo. Specifically for barrel distortion, DxO resulted in better correction and sharper corners in the corrected areas (posting from my iPhone so search doesn't work, but search for "mini bake-off" for my DPP vs. DxO comparison).

I'll have to give that article a read. I looked into DxO before, but couldn't justify the purchase at the time. Always thought it was more expensive, but I guess I must have been looking at the pro body elite version or something...