We Need An Adobe Lightroom True Competitor Locked

Batdude wrote:

Who has the balls to come out with a much better RAW converter that truly competes with Adobe Lightroom Classic? We need one.

The only reason why I use LR is because of (it's workflow, that's it!) but as a Fujifilm shooter the files it produces are really poor. When I was using the Fujifilm S5 Pro no problem, but then after several years after upgrading to newer cameras you can definitely see the problem. Color tones, film simulations, sharpness and detail is simply not there and you have to spend a LOT more time messing around with this nonsense. Fujifilm is Fujifilm, not Sony, although I get the feeling that Sony RAW files are easier to manage now over Fujifilm, with Lightroom that is.

That's the first problem. The second problem is that for importing/exporting Lightroom is SUPER SLOW.

One of the comments I liked from the thread "Do You Want 40MP?" is that someone said that more megapixels is only going to get worse. And that's true. But, the hardware is not the only problem, is the software that will be the bottleneck and will slow things up drastically as MP keep increasing.

Sure, if you don't shoot over 1000 photos it should be fine, but over that forget it.

I hope someone comes out with better faster software than Adobe Lightroom with the same or even better workflow and I would be delighted to make the change.

Sorry, but at the expense of being blunt, your post very much reminds me of the old saying about a workman blaming his tools.  Every day I see outstanding work shared here by users who use LR, many of whom have extensive experience in getting the best results possible from editing their RAW files.  As far as performance goes, I’m using an M1 iMac and the performance seems pretty decent to me (including imports), and would be even better with some of the newer models.  I certainly haven’t found my editing process to be seriously constrained by the computational power that I have available nor any real issues with the performance of the editor.  Now granted, I don’t do this for a living, so my standards might be well below yours.

It seems as if a lot of folks on this forum are quite happy with C1, which might be a decent alternative for you to try.  Otherwise, frankly, maybe I just have lower expectations, but I’m just not seeing a huge issue with editing performance, “poor files,” or overly slow imports.  If you’re feeling that it’s hindering your editing, then take a look at the other alternatives out there, as many others here already do… I’m quite happy sticking with what I know and continue to use.