

That’s because I usually tether to my laptop when I’m shooting commercial work and Capture One’s tethering process is nice and simple. Though I depend on Lightroom for a good portion of my workflow, I’ll usually turn to Capture One for my commercial jobs.

The advantage of Capture One over Lightroom with Fuji files Both were exported as a jpg file in maximum quality.Ĭheck the end of this post to see which file is which. I know it’s probably better to judge by viewing the high-resolution versions, so I’ve included links to them below. I have no idea what caused this, as I exported both of them without applying any cropping. Does one stand out as far superior to the other?Įdit: I noticed that one of the versions is the tiniest bit cropped in. No cropping or color adjustments were made to the image. One was processed in Lightroom, the other was processed in Capture One. In the slider below, you’ll find two versions of the same image. But I reallyyyyyy have to pixel-peep in order to tell. For my portrait work, I’ve been more than pleased with how well of a job Lightroom does.ĭoes Capture One do a better job of processing X-Trans files? Sure, I’d say so. And even then, I was able to minimize those artifacts by tinkering with the “Detail” panel in Lightroom. And I’ll admit, I have noticed this in the past whenever I had any foliage in my shots, but it was only noticeable if I zoomed in around a 100-200% crop. Some of the complaints I’ve read specifically refer to how Lightroom does a poor job rendering foliage, saying they notice “wormy” artifacts where fine details should be. Keep in mind though, I primarily shoot portraits. In my experience, Lightroom handles Fuji X-Trans files quite well. Let’s just answer this question right out of the gate. Does Lightroom really suck with Fuji files? Maybe that’s more of a reflection of Adobe than it is Fuji, but in any case, I’ve come across this complaint so often that I felt it was time to address it. If there’s one criticism that I read all too often though, it’s the complaints that Fuji files look “terrible” when they’re processed in Lightroom. It’s hard to criticize their cameras, they have a vintage form factor, a nostalgic selection of film simulations, great image quality, and (depending on the camera) some very impressive video features. I’ve been shooting with Fuji since 2016 when they released the X-T2. It’s no surprise that I’m a Fuji enthusiast.
