Post processing of shots taken with EOS R6 M2

bmninada wrote:

Hello - after getting my EOS R6 M2 and taking some test shots - portraits, action, landscape, etc. I am a bit torn up. Let me explain please.

I find Canon's own free offering - DPP and its latest version to be pretty good. It has a decent set of post processing tools and has in-built support for some Canon specific stuff like HDR PQ, Dual Pixel and what not.

Frankly - after testing those "exotic" parameters or even just plain vanilla RAW captures I am okay with the outputs DPP is generating.

Question 1: Am I am exception in assuming DPP is good enough?

Area where I found DPP is a bit lacking is noise and sharpening especially in general, low light or specific areas only of a photo. Thus, its here I am a bit torn up. On one hand, I can go for Capture One or Lightroom and use that only OR I can just get some specialized tools which are especially good for noise / sharpening like Topaz AI products. What I don't want is to opt for Lightroom / Capture One only to realize I still need Topaz AI (or similar). LOL. That's a double whammy in terms of $$.

Question 2: Is my thought process skewed? i.e. DPP is good enough and don't need anything else OR just get LR / Capture One and call it a day?

My objectives: I am not doing photography to generate income. So I don't need 200% tone match, etc. All I am looking for is decent exposure, good to excellent sharpness and de-noise....

DPP4 is good enough in my book. I gave DXO and LR a whirl against RAWs out there from the R6 II. DPP4 is about the same as DXO presently, and LR needs to fix the WB calibration. So for now? You’re not nuts.

Now sending the RAWs to DPP4, then to TIFFs, then to LR? That’s best, but is a workflow. Takes some time, but gives best results.