Capture One or Lightroom w/ your R-D1?

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ChristianD

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I just got a R-D1 about a week ago and downloaded Adobe Lightroom for importing and editing raw files. Seems to work alright.

I have heard good things about Capture One. Has anyone that's used Lightroom think that Capture One is better? If so, why?

Thanks
 
Definately C1 ...... The thing about C1 is that when you combine it with a camera it likes**, the sheer pixel level detail is amazing beating all other converters - when you use it with a camera is doesn`t like *** then it`s absolutely Rubbish and makes the results look like watercolours.......... C1 LOVES the D70 and therefore the R-D1 also .....


** (Canon D30, D60, 10D, 1D Mk1, 1DS MK1, 5D, Sony R1, CV R-D1, Nikon - all DSLRs bar the D1X)

*** Any Fuji especially the S3, the D1X, Any Olympus, the Leica M8 it would seem, doesn`t like the Canon 20D, 30D, 1D MK2 much either
 
Not able to afford either software, I stick with Epson's PhotoRAW. I find the results more than adequate. :)
 
I've been using Capture One since 2003 during which time I have tried many others, including Lightroom. It's really hard to be objective, because C1 is now just a part of what I do, and as a result learning anything else is tricky. I love what C1 produces from my RD1s and my 20D (I also don't agree with the previous poster who said C1 doesn't like the 20D much, but these are all personal opinions, aren't they?)

If I didn't also have a need to scan film, C1 would be enough for me with no need for Photoshop. It's easy to crop, the sharpening is wonderful and natural-looking. I produce Black and White by using the Phase One BW profile, and it just looks great to me with no adjustments. I pretty much leave it in B+W mode.

My workflow goes like this....

Navigate to image
Check exposure and bring it up/down as required
Click to produce JPG

It takes me almost no time to get something which is almost exactly what I want. That's hard to beat.
 
RML said:
Not able to afford either software, I stick with Epson's PhotoRAW. I find the results more than adequate. :)
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Adobe Lightroom is a free download.
You can use it till early 2007, when the final program will be on the market commercially.
It's a beautifull program to work with, but I do agree that Epson PhotoRaw
will do the trick too.
Geo
 
Geo said:
Adobe Lightroom is a free download.
You can use it till early 2007, when the final program will be on the market commercially.
It's a beautifull program to work with, but I do agree that Epson PhotoRaw
will do the trick too.
Geo
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I tried Lightroom and found it extremely heavy going on my laptop. It looks like it's a wonderful piece of software but it ain't low impact. It needs a _lot_ of resources just to run properly. If you have an extensive photo library things get much worse.
 
I use neither C1 nor Lightroom - Epson PhotoRAW is OK for me. Most fiddling is done there, and rarely I add some editing in PS afterwards. I have tried Lightroom which works quite well, but is a bit slow (normal for a public beta).

Didier
 
RML said:
Not able to afford either software, I stick with Epson's PhotoRAW. I find the results more than adequate. :)
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As a free public beta, Lightroom is rather affordable, I would say :) ...
But as mentioned in my previous post, it works quite slow, and suffers from the usual overfeaturing disease. The slim and easily manageable Epson PhotoRAW fits about 99% of my RAW editing needs - so why bother with other RAW tools.

Didier
 
Well its a personal preference thing. I have only a Canon 30D as digital RAW and I love C1, the output is sheer stunning compared to what I used before (Canon Photo Professional). I tried Lightroom a lot, but I still perfere what I can do with C1 (curves!). It needs some time to get used to, but it is worth the money and the time.
 
At the moment I use Adobe Camera Raw, and find the output acceptable in comparison with Epson RAW, has anyone compared the RD-1 camera raw output with other products like C1 to see if it is worth the extra money?

Cheers
 
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