rsolomon Posted January 13, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) i am not so happy with Elements, does anyone use capture one le with DMR ? 1. is it "easy / simple" 2 are results better then Elements 3. can you automate a workflow im sure there are other important features i should be asking about thanks Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted January 13, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2007 i am not so happy with Elements, does anyone use capture one le with DMR ? 1. is it "easy / simple" 2 are results better then Elements 3. can you automate a workflow im sure there are other important features i should be asking about thanks Rich I do. 1. Yes - once you know what you're doing. 2. Much. 3. A bit. Ask away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsolomon Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted January 14, 2007 i loaded up a trail version of LE... i played with some raw files, it seems to read the jpegs but looks as if there is no "developing" of the jpegs... is this correct. i do shoot jpegs when i know that the shoots are the web...or is it time to just shoot raw. thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdb Posted January 14, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 14, 2007 In my opinion and my experience with the R9/DMR, if you use this equipment as you seem to, my advice would be to shoot DNG (RAW) and process your pictures with Capture One. Nothing else. I once tried the same DNG picture processed through Adobe Camera Raw, Pixmantec's Rawshooter 2006 Premium, Silkypics 2 and Capture One. The latter is DEFINITELY the best of all Just my feeling. Cheers Gérard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 14, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2007 Gerard was kind enough to show me the results of using Capture One compared to two or three competing applications and I agreed with him that Capture One did a clearly superior job of converting DNG to TIFF. From there I go into ACD See for adjustments and saving to jpeg. Capture One LE 3.7.3 has rather poor usability, but once you get used to it it is easy to use. I downloaded version 3.7.4 but found its usability even worse, so I went back 3.7.3. I suppose I should download 3.7.5 (or whatever they are up to) since Capture One techs reacted to my usability concerns with assurances that the one coming out very soon (I emailed them late last spring) had greatly improved human factors engineering. For conversions from DNG, Capture One LE is the choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted January 14, 2007 Share #6 Posted January 14, 2007 I use CapureOne 3.7.6 and I agree that it's the best converter for DMR compared to Lightroom or the latest ACR. The only other converter which does a very good job is RawDeveloper from Irident Digital (Mac only though). It is also much cheaper. Incidentally in CaptureOne I'm starting to test on the DMR those profiles by Jamie Roberts developped for the M8 (to use if you don't have IR filters) and preliminar results are quite good, especially in artifical light where I noticed that the DMR has a slight hint of "IR contamination" too. One of the nice things in CaptureOne (and RawDeveloper also) is that you can use whichever profile you want for any camera (or for any shot). You can download Jamie Roberts' profiles from the first sticky thread in this digital forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsolomon Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted January 14, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) thanks for all the thoughts and ideas....... When looking at the color mgmt area within capture 1 LE 3.7.6 i see an number of choices for camera settings for Leica R9 that look like they may apply.i see : leica DMR leica DMR default leica R9 generic any tips... thanks Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted January 14, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 14, 2007 Richard: The first two profiles are probably from Flexcolor, not Capture One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhsimmonds Posted January 14, 2007 Share #9 Posted January 14, 2007 Hi Rich I use CaptureOne LE version 3.7.6 for converting DNG files made with the R9/DMR. It is quick once you have got used to it and produces great accurate images. I used to use Rawshooter or Silkypix, but C1 is quicker and better. It won't open RAW files from my LC1/D2 though, so I still need Rawshooter for them! BTW I always set my cameras up with Adobe 1998 colour management, same with my monitor and printers. I only convert to SRGB in Photoshop at 72dpi if I need to digitally project the images for exhibitions etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberti Posted May 4, 2008 Share #10 Posted May 4, 2008 IIncidentally in CaptureOne I'm starting to test on the DMR those profiles by Jamie Roberts developped for the M8 (to use if you don't have IR filters) and preliminar results are quite good, especially in artifical light. You can download Jamie Roberts' profiles from the first sticky thread in this digital forum. What is the status of the ICM profiles now? The sticky thread has gone; I upgraded my PC to Vista and need to recollect the profiles. I have Holmes already. What other profiles do you recommend for the M8? Albert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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