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How do you deal with X3F files ?

Started Nov 3, 2021 | Questions thread
EEvan
EEvan Regular Member • Posts: 343
Re: How do you deal with X3F files ?
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MGinitials wrote:

Dear all,

I have recently acquired a long wanted DP1 Merrill. I shoot raw and thus have to deal with X3F files. I have been using Capture One for a little while now and am quite happy with it. However X3F files are not - to my knowledge - natively supported.

I tried SPP, but... It is clunky.

I am thus curious to know what is your usual workflow to edit X3F files : do you use SPP, do you export as a TIFF (or else...) and then use you prefered editing application, etc... ?

Your feedback would be very helpful,

Regards,

MG

I use C1 and LR

My Workflow is:

Cull the X3F's with a image tool (FastStone, FastRaw Viewer)

Erase all the bad photos, it saves you storage and time.

Use X3F Convert to turn into DNGs (With Noise Reduction turned on) (Use the GUI as it preserves EXIF and batches, and corrects the Merrill color casts)

Run those DNGs through Adobes DNG tool. It corrects the Highlights, improves capability, and reduces the file sizes. Erase the old DNGs pre-convert.

Then I import those DNGs into my tool of choice.

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