X-H2 Dpreview studio scene and Lr/adobe

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Dylan10 wrote:

I hear this is a hot topic, sorry, but I was intrigued to find out for myself why everything is so soft in Lr, I still have no idea. So, I updated my version of dxo to support the X-H2 and was very surprised at the output using noise reduction setting deep prime, indeed it does make things look far far better to my eyes anyway. So much so it seems to be equivalent, possibly better, than the A7IV which I'm sort of frustrated with. On the one hand the A7IV is a really great FF camera but on the other it really isn't great for long exposures. The wifi remote control is flaky and the Bluetooth control irritating. Although I'd prefer a smaller body than X-H2 it at least seems to do everything I want, including long exposures and focus stacking options in-camera without requiring remotes and controllers.

I am very interested in the X-H2 for travel with the Sigma 18-50 2.8 lens and Fuji 55-200, and probably the Tamron 11-20 once available but have noticed the 18-50 isn't working well for many with X-T5, is it the same issues on the X-H2?

Here's the conversion I did in Dxo which I found to be a lot better than the dpreview studio scene sample, anyone know what's happening with Lightroom?

Everything looks better than the DPR's X-Trans RAW examples.

Surely that's unfair as it does lead one to believe images are soft. I get that they use the same software for all cameras but maybe they should have a drop down alternative too?

They use default Lightroom import settings which are FAR from optimal for the 40MP files. This is Lightroom w/X-Transformer...

Many thanks👍