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Re: Fuji S5 Pro post-processing comparisons (love Cameras, hate Computers (software))
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Well well well... I began a 30 day trial of Silky Pix Developer 9 and am blown away by the FREE Capture One for Fuji (albeit the 'Express' version. (I wonder what the full version entails?). I really wanted to like Silky Pix and although according to some reviews it is stated as somewhat unintuitive, I found it quite the opposite, kinda reminiscentof Nikon's Capture NX (Nikon's version of supplied standard of Fuji's Hyper Utility). However, Silky Pix was extremely laggy, even ended up crashing and automatically applying "compatibility settings" *see attached - will see if this helps in any way, as once I have found the perfect match I would consider buying the full Silky Pix.
Here are the renditions using the 2 suggested above additional RAW Developer Programs as follows...
Silky Pix
Silky Pix - if I recall correctly Silky Pix automatically applied the above White Balance, but here is the image with WB set to 'Camera'
Capture One Express Fuji - Auto WB applied
Capture One Express Fuji - in camera WB
Upon further researching I just viewed the comments of a YouTube tutorial on (gotta love it haha) 'Fujifilm Raw files - *Don't use lightroom* - Use SilkyPix !' [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lXkuX1xLnQ ] it read (quote), "Corel After Shot Pro does an awesome job on Fuji Raw files.." so maybe I will continue this episode as I have a copy of that which came free with my Wacom Pen Tablet. Anymore suggestions? I keep hearing about ON1. ACDSee? For what it's worth, although a career-long Photoshop User, I have never used, or even have been interested in Lightroom. Just never appealed to me for some reason.
*As mentioned above, when Silky Pix crashed on me I got this screenshot:

Thanks again, makes a refreshing change meeting new Fuji Friends. As I pointed out from the start, have been a Nikon Shooter. Having said that, the Fuji S5 Pro was of course, a Nikon D200 Body with Fuji's Super CCD Sensor inside. Meaning, to me at least, they are (in this instance) one of the same: Lens Compatibility AOK!
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