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Capture One Fix capturefix adds support for z - Alex MunozAlex Munoz – Visualizing Your Story.Capture One Fix capturefix adds support for z - Alex MunozAlex Munoz – Visualizing Your Story
Capture One has offered support for DSLR systems for a very long time, a move which opens the door to users upgrading to the format and buying some Phase One hardware. As the demand for medium format systems came under pressure by increasingly better DSLR sensors and lenses, the people at Phase One have made a choice to lock out the competition.
I opened these files in Lightroom and Capture One side by side, and was immediately dismayed by what I saw in Capture One. Lightroom played nicely with the files, the colours were true and the processing flawless. Capture One, versions 7 and 8, both open the DNG files and let you edit them but they mess around with the colours in such a way that frankly make the images unusable. In one particular lighting regime, direct natural light that pushes the dynamic range of the camera a little, the colour issues become far more obvious and identifiable.
The shadows gain a red tint and the highlights skew to green. This particular combination is contemptible, as it makes correcting each of the respective colour issues nearly impossible. Often it simply will be impossible. Only Lightroom produced the right colours and revealed just how nice this camera can be. In Lightroom the colours are true on both these cameras when shooting the same scene. At this point we stopped testing. The evidence was clear that I simply cannot trust the combination of Capture One and the Z.
For this I lay the blame entirely on Capture One. Which brings me to a tricky decision. I have been extremely lucky to have discovered Capture One at the start of my digital career.
It helped me supply better images to my clients and be more cost effective. It has helped make my business successful. When Lightroom came along as an alternative I was very unimpressed. Adobe has lifted their game since then but essentially the marketing people are driving the features list.
Lightroom is not how I see my future in photography. But neither is the Phase One hardware. They are the best without doubt.
This is a great option and one I really wanted to access in my business. For half the price of a Hasselblad you get something that is more than half way towards a full blooded medium format. If I want that option however, I have to commit to paying money to Adobe for, well, forever. Pixel density and lens optics are important factors in achieving image quality. One thing is for sure, if you are buying a Pentax Z you will get beautiful images from it. Below: The colours gone awry in Capture One.
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