Wait One Minute! I'm Seeing Something Highly Suspicious!

Peggy Jean, Linda J and Andrea Dee, Bull Island, VA (click to enlarge)
X-T1, 16-55mm f/2.8 lens @ 22mm; 1/750th sec. @ f/8; ISO 200

Since this last update of Lightroom CC 2015, I'm NOT seeing the same anomalies for the RAW conversions of the Fujifilm X-Trans files as I had in the past.  In the past, it is well documented and I've written here that Adobe's RAW conversions of X-Tran's files caused:

1) mushy green foliage detail

2) false content in the form of black lines surrounding small non-green objects such as gravel or small tree limbs.  

I don't know if Adobe has or has not quietly improved the RAW conversions.  However, when I first thought I noticed a difference I went back to some of my original X-Trans files from a couple of years ago and looked at them again in this current version and they are significantly improved!

I'm going to be cautious for now.  I'm going to explore this a bit more before I decide whether or not there are real differences and what those differences are.  But I am seeing more fine detail and texture in objects, fine detail in green foliage (distant grass has blades and not a mushy rendition) and I'm not seeing the black outlines around small bare tree branches or gravel.

Or maybe it is my imagination or just wishful thinking...

How about you?  Seeing anything different?  Fujifilm RAW files looking better in this last update?  Let us all know.

Thanks for looking. Enjoy! 

Dennis A. Mook 

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