[Leica] Question about RAW converters

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)]

Just fyi

I have been happy in my conversion from Lightroom to ON1

I still use Lightroom on aarchives when I have to fish from there.

ric



> On Aug 6, 2021, at 11:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
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> I have upgraded my Fuji X-E2 camera to the X-E3. I like the E cameras for 
> travelling because they are smaller and lighter than the X-T2, and I am 
> going to Poland tomorrow. As is my habit with new equipment, I tested the 
> camera by taking some pictures around Alicante, and last night I started 
> up Lightroom and imported the RAW files?except that I didn?t! I still use 
> the last non-subscription version of Lightroom, version 6.7, and it cannot 
> import the RAW files from this camera. As far as I can see, I have two 
> main options:
> 
> 1) Bite the bullet and sign up for one of Adobe?s monthly plans. This is 
> something I hate and I will only do it in extremis.
> 2) Find a separate RAW converter, use it to convert the RAW files to TIFF 
> and then read the TIFF files into Lightroom.
> 
> This is what I did last night?I downloaded some RAW converter from 
> fuji.com <http://fuji.com/> and now I have the files in Lightroom. My 
> question now is: what is the best stand-alone RAW converter for Fuji X RAW 
> files? I know many use Capture One, but it is not cheap, and it is more of 
> a full-fledged editor, designed to replace rather than supplement 
> Lightroom. What I want is a simple, good converter that I can use as an 
> intermediate step to create files that Lightroom can digest, but continue 
> to do all the editing in Lightroom.
> 
> What are my options?
> 
> TIA,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> 
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