I couldn’t help thinking to the multitudes who, at the times, debated the best camera, the best lens, the best developer and the best paper process ( which I am sure HCB and Gassman used) and secretly ( because if you said this openly they would flame you) chuckle. The pictures were, as always, stunning as images but not at all all that sharp as one would have thought or supposed. I remember many years ago when I lived in London I went to see a nice exhibition of original prints ( made by the great alchemist of the darkroom Pierre Gassman ) of the work of Henri Cartier Bresson. I understand that these matters are, of course, of the outmost importance in the long and dark winter nights spent in front of the computer screen processing pictures. Sometimes it seems to me that at some point the only macroscopic difference is the microscopig visibility of thin hairs being split in eight parts lengthwise by us debating things like this. However Iridient Developer and Capture one pro() seem to have an edge over Aperture.īu then again how far does one want to go? I too like Aperture which is one of the main reasons for me not to upgrade to El Capitan which would erase Aperture ( and doesn’t even inform you of that before you do it as it previously happened with Yosemite which is incompatible with Acrobat and erased it) but I have seen tests where there seems to be a definite advantage over even the latest version of LR. I was discussing this yesterday with a friend of mine. Every other processor in the world is better!!!”* “Lightroom sucks the most! It messes up everything.IMO Apple Aperture (discontinued) or RAW Therapee (free) deliver even better results and are visually better than LR and the Fuji jpg regarding fine detail. *Let’s face it, if you talk like that you’re probably a troll. ( Note: I know not everyone who has a problem with Lightroom or Fuji is a troll. Now, hopefully I’ve explained that X-Trans doesn’t suck compared to other sensors. Gosh, I know already, no matter the results, this is going to be a controversial post… This may be true, this may have been true before but not now, let’s see shall we? However it’s a common opinion that Lightroom can’t process X-Trans files worth a damn and that other processors are much better. I want to make something really clear right off the bat here. If you like a particular processor and it works for you. I’m sure all the processors I’m testing here today can to a great job in the right hands. I’m just testing the basic, just imported base settings. That means you can surely do better by tweaking files. My main purpose here is to see what I personally think is the best and to see if Lightroom really is as bad as some like to think it is. I actually don’t know and if one of them is better I’ll use it. _ Programs and versions used in these tests Lightroom CC 2015.6 Photo Ninja 64 1.3.4 Iridient Developer 3.1 RAW Therapee Capture One Pro 9.2 Silkypix Developer Studio Pro 7.0.6.0 Jpeg from the camera (feel free to come to your own conclusions, I won’t mind) IF I HAPPEN TO THINK YOUR FAVOURITE PROCESSOR ISN’T GOOD, THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT BAD WARNING SUBJECTIVE OPINIONS ABOUND IN THIS ARTICLE If Lightroom turns out to be good enough, I might stick with it.
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