devils-advocate Posted September 12, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) A very quick preliminary test shows that LR is not doing a stellar job of differentiating tones in very highly saturated colours, leading to blotchy tonal transitions. This is something a group of friends I shoot with noticed with LR on Phase files last spring. A comparison to conversions in C1 v.4 was striking, as C1 created smooth colour transitions from the same files. Hopefully proper profiles will address this, but I have heard whispers that LR does not use colour information as effectively as C1. Anyone have this same experience thus far with the M9? Attached is a sample. Shot at 400 ISO with minimal adjustment is LR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robertwright Posted September 12, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 12, 2009 I think you are seeing how ACR handles highly saturated reds, which is to say, "poorly." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils-advocate Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted September 12, 2009 I've seen it in purples, yellows and greens as well. This is LR's chief shortcoming. Be nice if they'd actually try to fix it. LR is a way more user-friendly processing tool, and a C1-->LR would be a real pain in the ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted September 12, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 12, 2009 I see the same in Lightroom with my 5D-II and .dng's imported from my minolta slide scanner. It is not good with saturated colours. The recovery slider I typically slide across to 35 for every image to recover colour tonal gradation at the expense of saturation, and then change saturation in photoshop. I have also noticed that capture 1 gives much better colour, tones and sharpness. Lightroom however can do more with the brushes/gradient/web tools than C1... tradeoffs. It would be great if Adobe could come up with a very different profile for the M9 that gets us tone and sharpness at the expense of what so many amateurs want to see (contrast, no noise and saturation)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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