Capture One and Adobe Camera Raw - prefered settings

In my article on the front page, I only had time to show the default settings of both Adobe Camera Raw and Capture One. I'd genuinely like to see the results you're getting.

I chose the default settings because those represent what the software makers think most people will be happy with, most of the time. There are too many permutations and it too quickly becomes a matter of taste for it to become possible for me to find 'the best' possible settings. That's why I've made the original Raw files available for users to propose alternatives.

In response to the few concrete suggestions offered in the comments section, I've tried adjusting noise reduction (in particular the noise reduction detail slider) and moire settings (which don't appear to solve the 'mazing' in the test scene), but cannot escape the brushstroke-like patterning visible at default settings (though it's never as pronounced as its appearance in ACR).

I'm sure there are better results to be had - please post your best conversions of the files on the front page, detailing the settings you've used.

Click here to read the first look at Capture One support and download the test Raw files

Richard - dpreview.com