Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Poor Lightroom performance on the Fuji files seems to have become an urban myth. :-) With Sharpness raised to 55 or 60 on the LR slider in the latest version of the app, I can see no difference between LR processed RAW files from my X Pro-1 and in-camera JPGs at 100% magnification, even on dense foliage. I now shoot RAW exclusively and have built that sharpness setting into my workflow. Dick On Jun 05, 2013, at 11:51 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote: > Lets not forget we are talking about Fuji here, they know quite a lot > about imaging... > > > I am shooting jpeg and raw on my X-Pro-1. The default Adobe chose for > Lightroom (and presumably Photoshop) in their raw converter is not as good > as Fuji have chosen for the camera. It may be one day, but it ain't yet. > Also, Fuji include an in camera raw to jpeg conversion which is a bit > clunky but better than Adobe have managed so far. > Also lets not forget that jpegs, despite being a lossy compression, > contain far more data than any printer so far invented can print. > > I keep my raw files for archival reasons, just like my negatives, and in > case I want to modify them before printing. The Fuji jpegs give excellent > prints. They also offer the emulation of the look of some of the Fuji > films, but I haven't tried one of those yet! > > FD > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information