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.

To answer your first question "who has the balls to come out with a much better RAW converter that truly competes with LR"? Phase One does, and they came out with Capture One years ago.

You've asked about workflows and I know there are differences in the workflows, but C1 actually has some advantages with workflows compared to LR (sessions are great), but also disadvantages (LR has more powerful cataloguing and indexing features). If you have experimented with C1, are the workflow differences a deterrent to your work? (I understand how they may be for some, but I don't know your specific situation)

As to the stated concerns you have working with RAFs in LR around color tones, sharpness and details? C1 is far superior to LR, in my hands at least. In many cases, C1 gets results that I don't know how to get from LR and I've used LR for 7+ years and C1 for ~2 years.

Have you tried Capture One? If not, I encourage you to download a trial version. If so, please report back on what you feel is missing.