However, the rest of the image looked far better when processed by Capture One: most colors were more saturated, and there was no proliferation of digital artifacts visible in the Lightroom version.Īs I reported in the previous article, Lightroom's big failure is that it produces some nasty digital artifacts with OM System files at default settings. Even on adjustment, only the tones appeared, and they were colorless. Lightroom Classic (left) could recover these colors, but Capture One (right) couldn't see them. Some faint reds and blues are reflected in the water, seen center-left of the above heavily cropped images. In the under-exposed image shot at night, +2 EV has been added in exposure during processing. However, there was one area where Lightroom outperformed Capture One. Several top pros who use the system develop images in Capture One for one good reason: the resulting pictures look far better.
The results from Capture One with raw files from the OM System didn't surprise me. Increasing the brightness of the shadows in both programs produced similar noise levels, although this was well controlled in both.
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Similarly, at default, the skin tones in Lightroom appear flat in Lightroom, whereas Capture One gave bright and impactful results. The blues of the model's top look purple in Lightroom Classic, whereas they are more accurate in Capture One. The image was more impactful, and the fine details were sharper when zooming right in.Īs I reported in my previous article, Lightroom did not accurately reproduce colors, and this difference is stark when comparing the same photo with Capture One and Lightroom. The overall look of the default image was similarly improved in Capture One over Lightroom Classic. Skin tones in portraits also looked bright and vibrant, and the color seemed accurate too. However, that oversaturated the greens of the trees and yellows in the grass, which then needed adjusting back in the HSL panel. In Lightroom, achieving the same effect required significantly increasing the Vibrance slider. With a landscape shot, I reduced the highlights slider, and the pale blues in the sky became visible. The other thing that Capture One did better was the handling of global color adjustments. In the test image, I can see individual pine needles on the tree much more clearly at a 100% zoom in Capture One.Īt 100% zoom, there is much more definition visible in the pine needles than seen in Lightroom. With Capture One at default values, the raw previews with Nikon images are bolder and sharper than with Lightroom. A Nikon user will be happy with the image quality of Lightroom Classic but probably happier with Capture One. Now that I have tried Capture One, I am amending that statement. In my previous article, I said Nikon users would be happy with the resulting image quality if they owned Lightroom. Camera Brand-Specific Test Results Nikon and Capture One Therefore, they may get better results than I did. Furthermore, as I have said before, I am more experienced at adjusting images in Lightroom Classic than in Capture One. Still, these results are subjective, so I have only included them to illustrate a particular point. Where appropriate, I've mentioned that I have developed photos to achieve what I think are better outcomes. Furthermore, I don't have the resources to test every camera on the market and certainly not under the same lighting conditions. Consequently, other factors may persuade you to use one program or another. Every program is unique and has its own extra features besides its raw engine algorithms. These tests are solely image quality results on raw files straight out of the cameras.
Capture One showing some of the color adjustment tools.
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