Capture One

[LeicaBraz]

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I normally use Lightroom for post-processing the film photos. Since I also have Capture One, I've tried it a few times but always find problems with film; e.g.: controls not working, photos not recognized.

Guess I am doing something wrong or is this program meant entirely for digital photography?

Thanks

[sblitz]

I use Capture One and find it works extremely -- latest version makes iso 1600 on my M9 look great. As for my film scans, no issues at all and, in fact, I find a lot of room to shift my photos using 25mb tiff files.

 

Personally, I think the learning curve is worth it and have since dropped using LR.

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[LeicaBraz]

Thanks. Then evidently I am doing something wrong or have the wrong preferences, as I am unable to do any adjustments.

Keep on digging.

[Luke_Miller]

I find Capture One 8 does a fine job with color negative scans. Although I tend to use Lightroom instead since I can reduce the grain in the image using the Lightroom noise reduction sliders. Capture One noise reduction which works very well on digital noise does not seem to have much effect on film grain.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Luke_Miller

[chris_livsey]

Capture One noise reduction which works very well on digital noise does not seem to have much effect on film grain.

 

Capture One 8 in fact has a very good tool for adding grain to digital images. I suppose it all depends which way you are going.

 

To the OP: which version are you using as some versions are tied down fior the files they will work on?

eg I can run CI v8 free for my phase back but in that mode it will ignore, by greying out, Leica RAW or jpeg files.

The test download 30 day version will run all files I think.

[LeicaBraz]

I'm using Capture one v.7 and have downloaded a trial of v.8

With both the controls for film scans be it JPEG or TIFF don't work.

After going through the Preferences set up I'm ready to give up.

[chris_livsey]

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You will have a very restricted range of tools to adjust a jpeg in any RAW processing tool. In particular the way C1 works means jpegs don't "fit in". Again TIFF is an output file for C1 it is designed to process RAW files, feed it a camera RAW file it is not the best tool for film scans.

[Luke_Miller]

You will have a very restricted range of tools to adjust a jpeg in any RAW processing tool. In particular the way C1 works means jpegs don't "fit in". Again TIFF is an output file for C1 it is designed to process RAW files, feed it a camera RAW file it is not the best tool for film scans.

 

That is my understanding. I believe C1 was initially developed to process raw files from Phase One digital backs. And while it has come a long way towards being a more general purpose tool, it retains its raw processor heritage.

[sblitz]

Just loaded 8.2 with a new color adjustment tool that is very powerful. I found generally that the quality of the raw file from my M9 in C1 v8.1 is better than ever. Also has led me to believe that all the chatter about sensors, there is so much in the digital chain from sensor to in-camera software to computer software that is not quite so easy to pin blame on the camera -- especially when i can see this improvement.

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I saw recently a comparison of LR vs C1 looking at color and C1's proc. raw's looked much better than LR. Got me thinking to try the demo and compare for myself...just I"ve spent a fair amt. of time learning LR.