Just a heads-up to my fellow Nikon shooters. C1 has released a dedicated Nikon copy of their latest C1 20.1. Basic subscription is $99/yr as compared to double that for the full version. The biggest enhancement to the latest 20.1 version is they now have ICC profiles to mimic most of Nikon's latest cameras "pre-baked" jpeg styles from your raws -- you select these from the "Base Characteristics" menu. If you're not familiar with C1 UI, you can hover your pointer over a profile and C1 previews it for you without your actually having to apply it. Of course it does the same for any user or canned presets, just a nifty convenience when you're processing for ultimate look to your file.
I'll be posting a few sample images wanting feedback on my own film preset creations -- stay tuned!
Good news for Nikon users like myself, in the sense that Nikon is a company that has never understood the value of software. That is particularly sensitive now that all cameras are, basically, "image taking" computers.
Capture One is pretty good, but it has, to my eyes, 3 some issues:
1. They are pretty traditional. (now they are touring, finally, a healing tool that is a smart cloning tool so it messes up lines that should be easy to fix with a modern approach)
2. The value proposition is complicated: From adobe the Photo Plan includes
Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom Mobile, Lightroom Classic and 20GB of cloud storage for just. 10$ a month. We also have the 20$ option that includes. Lightroom, Lightroom Mobile Plus, portafolio tools plus
1TB of cloud storage. Notice that one can use Lightroom and Photoshop with allmost all the brands.
On the other hand from Capture One: 10$ /m for just one camera. (Nikon in our case) with no extra value (the SmugMug is a trial) or $20/m with no extra value to be able to use any camera, and
one have to buy Photoshop or Affiniy or something.
3. It's slower than Lightroom. Something beeing slower that Adobe is quite a remacable achivement
4. This one is minor, and I don't know if it's important for the new version: It used to crush the blacks.
Positives:
1. Phase One is working with Nikon directly, the amount of time one can save tunning the image could be enough to justify the price/value proposition, and it's good news for Nikon users: We have an officially supported software that it's not crap for the first time in 20 years.
2. Capture One has the more flexible and powerful thetering tools ever. ( Hasseblad is easear to use and pretty good, but more limited)
3. Capture One has the best cataloging tools in the market.
4. The free version: one can use it to convert the files and then load them into other software you may be paying for.
5. The progress of Capture One is Key now that we don't have clear, mature alternatives to Lightroom.
Best regards,