Starting to enjoy Capture One 8 more each time I use it...

Try it again when they update it, for sure. The controls for highlights, shadows, etc are in the panel that looks like a histogram. You should see all the sliders unless they only are there for raw (unlikely).

Just checked the website an they say it does support the EM-10, so perhaps you have an older version?

With the E-M10, picture mode vivid, saturation -1, out-of-camera JPGs will not look any different, plus they have enough potential for modification.

Herbert

Well, that just gets into the whole raw vs JPEG debate. I like raw for better overall shadow and highlight control, better white balance control, and better sharpening control. Plus it's fun to try out upgraded software on old shots. But I know jpegs are enough to do near anything if one gets it right in camera.

jkrumm wrote:

Well, that just gets into the whole raw vs JPEG debate.

That wasn't my intention. Your pictures look perfect to me and I like the beautiful and saturated fall colours.

I only couldn't help to write my dispensable post, because I was so happy with my JPG results recently.

Herbert

Bhima78 wrote:

Was thinking of DxO Optics Pro 8. Not Capture One 8 haha!

Ha, brain fade, it's catching ! I regularly do things like that.

Anyhoo, I bought DxO 9 on a good discount a few months back and am happy. No idea what changed from 8 to 9 and sure enough it is still slow. Particularly stupid is the way that every time you swap folders the thumbnails have to be discovered all over again. That was a bit slow when I was handling batches of 4,000 or so images.

From my reading, Capture One better for studio and portraits, DxO better for techie detail as in landscapes.

Huh, just looked and DxO now at V10, must see if anything worthwhile in it. http://www.dxo.com/intl looks like they are trying to push more people into buying the more expensive version, hmmmmm.

Must wait until Black Friday to see who offers what discounts.....

Regards..... Guy

LaMesa wrote:

With the E-M10, picture mode vivid, saturation -1, out-of-camera JPGs will not look any different, plus they have enough potential for modification.

Herbert

The problem with Oly has always been that the jpegs have some sharpening and some noise filtering applied even when set to -2 and off respectively. That sharpening leads to edge halos that can be  pain with severe crops or huge prints. Better to use the raw and then apply better sharpening techniques to lessen or eliminate the edge halos.

But naturally, that is not an issue for 99% of the times the jpeg will be used.

Regards...... Guy

Hi Bill, just moved in July. My daughter was born here back in 97, and now she gets to graduate here (from Harbor City Charter School). Yes, lots of photographers around--I'll check out thePBS thing. Tons of birds, so I want that 300 f4 when it comes, if affordable.

Send me a note next time you're up and we can take some bad photos together, then get a good lunch at the Duluth Grill.

Curious - does it now support RW2 files natively or do they still have to be pre-processed to DNG first?

When I asked at Version 7 there seemed to be no rush on Phase One's part.

No matter how good the C1 8 processing is I have difficulty in paying for an upgrade when the free Rawtherapee is now a quite mature product and handles RW2 files seamlessly.