![]() View all these items as tools in the took kit instead of objects one must defend in a forum somewhere, right? A professional musician will have various guitars from various brands that he matches to the gig at hand, as an example.ģ) Don't ever underestimate the importance of a very high end tripod and support system if you choose to get serious about landscape photography, and similarly, if your interest lies in the area of studio photography, investments in better lighting gear will always pay off.Ĥ) Bodies are generally disposable items to someone who ends up being serious with photography, while lenses tend to be somewhat longer term investments. When you get more advanced, or if you have very specific needs, then and only then can we begin to discuss brand A vs brand B and so forth.Ģ) Don't be afraid to own more than one brand - of camera, lens, of software. If you ever meet a truly great photographer in the field, you'll find they talk about light, location, opportunities, and very, very rarely about gear, and almost never about brand choice. Too many photographers get into these emotional bouts of having to "prove" that the brand they chose is the only brand and the best brand. Most cameras are pretty good, and it's far more important to get into a system that feels good in your hand, whose user interface you like, and that lets you create without being hindered. If there is one thing I keep telling beginners, it's more than one thing - and it's this:ġ) Don't get caught up in the brand wars. A tip: once you get into the more advanced stages, you might actually find yourself becoming fluent in multiple raw converters and using some for some things and others for others. I believe you can download trial versions of each and see what you think yourself. Capture One tends to be used by people who need absolute top quality raw conversion with a lot of flexibility, and those people usually aren't just starting out, and thus already have the concepts of post production down pretty well. But being honest, if you are a complete beginner at raw conversion, you will probably struggle less with lightroom initially. ![]() The learning curve on Capture One is a bit harder, but there are plenty of excellent tutorials from Phase One (the makers of Capture One) to help you along. If you shoot Nikon or the Fuji mirrorless, particularly if you shoot Fuji, I'd strongly advise you to go to Capture One - it does a much better job of raw conversion. Lightroom is cheaper, and if you must need basic to intermediate raw conversion, particularly if you shoot Canon, it will be more than fine. I use Capture One for raw conversion (I distinctly and strongly prefer it over Lightroom for this task) and I use Lightroom as a cataloging/contact sheet generation system, where I prefer it for this task over Capture One. These two programs are somewhat different, although they both can do the (basic) same things.Īs an advanced/professional user who has been paid to do retouch and post processing for others, and who has been working in photoshop since 1998, my view is going to be quite different from a beginner, but from where I sit, I would say Lightroom is an excellent cataloging system that happens to be a pretty good (but not world class) raw converter, while Capture One is an excellent/world class raw converter that happens to be pretty good as a cataloging system. It comes in at a distant third, for me.Īnd the fact that people NEED so many books to get something out of Lr, should tell you something! (That's a joke! don't be a hater!). Lightroom? I've been there and done that, it's slower, it forces you to do things THEIR way not your way. ACDSee needs to know, if they ever make me really mad, I have choices! In my opinion and for my needs, I would rank ACDSee #1, and CaptureOne as my second choice. I really wish people would use the free downloads and try this stuff out and then apply reasoning and logic to make these decisions! If people come to the conclusion that Lr is for them after trying a few candidates out, I can live with that! But the truth is, people just have this knee-jerk reaction and think for whatever reason, they have to get Lr, when the truth is, it isn't the right tool for everyone. That is true, but I'm pretty happy when people consider ANYTHING other than Lightroom! There isn't anything 'wrong' with Lightroom, it does an OK job, and I used it before I switched to ACDSee. ![]() There probably isn't a bad choice in the top view contenders. You could also make a case for On1 Photo10, though you'd probably want a RAW converter to go with it.Īnd Glen Barrington will be along in a minute with a shout out for ACDSee Pro. There is also Corel's After Shot and After Shot Pro which are excellent software although there is little documentation to teach how to use the software.
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