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...........One of the biggest issues we have today with modern cameras is the complexity of the machines. The majority of "experts" today will not let the camera make many, or "any", critical exposure/processing decisions. Instead, the majority of "experts" today insist on setting every single exposure/processing parameter to DEFAULT, or to OFF, and then insisting that they possess special skill and knowledge, to process raw data better than the camera designers and engineers who work for Canon or Nikon or Sony...........
Not claiming to be an 'expert' who 'knows better'n the engineers', but some in-camera settings are severely crippled in terms of choices. Noise reduction, for instance. My D600 has only 3 in-camera choices. But Capture NX-2 has 1,000 possible permutations. In-cam saturation: 5 (not counting B&W).......... in post, I have one choice of -100 to +100 and I can compound it again with a -100 to 0 choice (I'll leave it to others to do the math on that one).
As for utilizing the Default (Off) settings for many choices, I prefer it that way to increase my burst rate. Turning on just a couple in-camera options can bog down the buffer almost to the point I would be better off with a $100 P&S in terms of speed. Turning them all off allows me to still shoot in raw, yet never have to worry about loosing a shot because the buffer is filled.