Why DxO Optics Pro 9.5 in Addition to Lightroom

I'll interpret no answer to mean that the addition of the DxO software to Lightroom has little appeal, or utility.
 
I've had both and much prefer DxO, personally. I see no reason to have both. I had an early version of Lightroom. Didn't care for it but it's much improved (from what I hear) but I really like DxO.
 
I am currently trialing both right now. LR has more refinements for color and clarity type stuff as well as the whole Digital Asset Management thing, while DxO has better lens distortion corrections (at least for the lenses I use) and one click auto adjustments. If you're just looking for accurate lens adjustments in DxO there's Viewpoint2 which comes with all of the lens adjustments that Optics Pro comes with. It also comes with a LR plug-in, but that's rather cumbersome.
 
DXO has better lens adjustment profiles, no competition there...But IMO LR is more versatile and user-friendly. I use photoshop for critical work, and LR when I'm working on a batch.
 
That's why it hasn't been available before; Prime requires a lot of horsepower. The results are amazing for me. High ISO is now practical with my Sony A57.
 
Ignoring the speed.. Is DxO's newest noise reduction a substantial improvement upon the implementation in Lightroom, or Photoshop?
 
Like night and day at high ISO with my A57, maybe not with a camera that has better high ISO performance. Also, many people say that LR supports some cameras better than others. Nikon and Canon is what I usually hear mentioned, but I don't have any personal experience with that issue.

Still, I probably should mention that is about the only thing I liked with DXO. Their interface just seems perverse at times to me, but I assume you can get used to it.
 
It seems that you can automate noise reduction and a few other functions in DxO and the noise reduction might preserve slightly more image sharpness, but sending .DNG to Lightroom results in much larger files. I don't have but one (55mm) lens for my A7, so a bit difficult to test the distortion correction given that this lens is pretty good without correction. Any other advantages to DxO that I'm missing?
 
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