Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Fuji X-Ploits; X-Trans Sensor and Capture One Pro; Part II

Abandoned house processed in Capture One Pro (click to enlarge)
I'm continuing to work with my X-T1 files and Capture One Pro.  So far, I really like what I see.  The program is not perfect, but it is a head above Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw for rendering fine detail without artificially created the black outlines I have seen as well as fine green foliage.

 Doing some really intensive "pixel peeping" I can still see some very slight remnants of the above two issues, but one has to search so closely that it is not even worth mentioning.

 The other thing I like about Capture One Pro is how it renders the Fujifilm colors by default.  It is very pleasing to my eye.  I'll be working with the color palate in the days coming to better understand the options.

 I'm now doing two experiments in Capture One Pro.  First, I am experimenting by fully editing my image files in the program, saving as a 16-bit TIFF, then importing into Lightroom and examining how the finished files suit my taste.  I then contrast that to opening the files in Capture One, let it convert the file to a TIFF with its default settings, then importing into Lightroom and doing all of the editing there.  

 Second, I am experimenting with comparing sharpening in Capture One Pro at its default setting, sharpening a bit more to taste in Capture One and no sharpening at all applied in Capture one.  Using the third option and, after opening the 16-bit TIFFs in Lightroom, I then sharpen the files and judge which looks the best to me.  I'll have more on these two experiments on Friday.

 Thanks for looking. Enjoy! 

 Dennis A. Mook 

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3 comments:

  1. Peter F.September 9, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    These are great experiments. I'm looking forward to your results and further thoughts. If Capture One can do it, I am having a hard time understanding why Adobe can't nail it too. Eventually I imagine it will get sorted out at Adobe, but in the meantime I'll continue to follow (but not buy) Fuji gear.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 9, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    This problem has troubled me since purchasing the X E-1. I am a landscape photographer and the details are important in my images. It never seems to improve enough to make the image correct. Sometimes close, but no cigar. After this much time I find it hard to believe that it is all Adobe's problem. However, if Capture One can do it correctly, then there must be a problem with Adobe. If it can't be resolved soon, I am going to sell my Fuji gear and look elsewhere. I tried Capture One before, but did not like the colors. I will follow your progress and see what happens.

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  3. Rick LewisSeptember 10, 2015 at 7:03 PM

    I've done head to head comparisons on C1 and LR5 as well. I'm now a C1 user, only, for my Fuji RAF and Nikon NEF RAW files. There just is no comparison, in my view, between the two.

    I'm very interested in what you determine.

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