Silkypix Raw File Converter settings

Just for sience I compared the OOC, Lightroom, Irident Developer and EX2 images. Here we go.

All images got the same treatment: +0.7EV, Astia profile.

LR: color noise reduction 15, sharpness detail 100, mask 10

Irident Developer: color noise 6, luma noise 3, sharpness reveal

EX2: my latest settings for sharpness and noise reduction

ISO3200, left top ID, left bottom OOC, right top LR, right bottom EX2

ISO1600 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

The difference with the wood of the seat is very interesting.

ISO2500  left top ID, left bottom OOC, right top LR, right bottom EX2

ISO5000 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

ISO200 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

ISO200 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

This one is interesting because of the dark shadow part of the jeans. You can see that LR crushes the blacks and the film simulation of ID posterizes the dark parts so that both loose shadow detail here. You can see that the yellow strings are not yellow  with LR and OOC anymore too.

ISO200 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

Another interesting one is the handling of red cloth. No the EX2 example is not noisy it is showing cloth detail that the others wipe out.

ISO1250 left top ID, left bottom EX2, right top LR, right bottom OOC

This one is to show how fine hair is handled. ID seems to get along better with those fine details than the others.

My impressions: The OOC does very good most of the time. It has the best color of all and balances noise and sharpness well. Good if you don't want to postprocess.

LR looks good on the first view with sharper details than the OOC images but it has a paintbrush effect to the images. They look realistic but painted at the same time. The black crusching is an issue.

ID does a very good job when it comes to detail and noise. It produces the finest details but EX2 is better on some textures. The colors are close to the OOC but lack some refinement to show more graduations.

EX2 does very good too. My settings produces a grainier look than the ID images but sharpness is up there with ID. It shows more shadown detail than LR and colors are more like the OOC than with ID.

Overall the samples look very similar (on the first look).

What do you think?