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:clap::clap::clap:PS: Wanted to add another point I think is really important for this back -- the raw processor!
Lightroom and ACR for whatever reason render exposures that are sometimes all over the place, often by as much as 2 stops -- while C1 on the same images is spot-on. I found other minor issues with color or fringing using LR/ACR too, so I have pretty much dedicated C1 as my converter of choice for my Phase files. The good news is I like C1's workflow!
Old news, but it may bear repeating: I think any MF shooter needs to test the different converters and find the best for their particular back -- just because one works on your files and you like the workflow, does not mean it will give you the most from your file.
FWIW,
I'll echo Jack and LJ here. It is abundantly clear to me that C-1 is the best first stop for Phase files. Unlike Jack, I do not like the C-1 workflow, or at least parts of it, and I miss some tools which are present in ACR (don't like LR either though, I normally use Bridge/ACR so you might understand why I don't care for the C-1 feel).PS: Wanted to add another point I think is really important for this back -- the raw processor!
Lightroom and ACR for whatever reason render exposures that are sometimes all over the place, often by as much as 2 stops -- while C1 on the same images is spot-on. I found other minor issues with color or fringing using LR/ACR too, so I have pretty much dedicated C1 as my converter of choice for my Phase files. The good news is I like C1's workflow!
Old news, but it may bear repeating: I think any MF shooter needs to test the different converters and find the best for their particular back -- just because one works on your files and you like the workflow, does not mean it will give you the most from your file.
FWIW,
Well, if you were on a Mac, I would say Aperture could solve that problem. I routinely drag finished PSD files into it alongside the RAW shots just to catalog things and keep them organized. Aperture does not do anything with respect to processing, converting or adjusting things, unless I want to do that, and then it creates a version for me to work on. I would think LR would do the same, but honestly, I really have not used it since the first demo came out, so I know not what it does there. (Bridge/ACR can be configured to NOT open JPEGs and TIFFs in ACR, but it will open DNGs in ACR, as that is still considered a RAW file format that "needs" to be processed.) In Aperture, DNGs are treated as RAW files also, but you do not have to do any processing of them. Only issue that remains unclear is if it would handle the Phase files or not. I know it handles the TIFF files I bring in, but have not tried a DNG conversion from C1 or someplace else.OK, what to use for organization...
I agree that lightroom is the pits with the Phase files.
I am about to try something like a processing in C1 to dng or tif with output to a hot folder in lightroom.
Fasten your seat belts...
I wonder what lightroom will do with the pre-processed files...
-bob
PS: Wanted to add another point I think is really important for this back -- the raw processor!
Lightroom and ACR for whatever reason render exposures that are sometimes all over the place, often by as much as 2 stops -- while C1 on the same images is spot-on. I found other minor issues with color or fringing using LR/ACR too, so I have pretty much dedicated C1 as my converter of choice for my Phase files. The good news is I like C1's workflow!
Old news, but it may bear repeating: I think any MF shooter needs to test the different converters and find the best for their particular back -- just because one works on your files and you like the workflow, does not mean it will give you the most from your file.
FWIW,
AmenToo much talking and not enough images ...
Kurt
Jim, I really enjoy these industrial strength images of yours. It must be nice to have such a target rich environment to shoot.