After using CaptureOne for about a month I was totally sold on the workflow advantages. But were the images at least as good? I did a series of comparisions to answer this question and was surprised by the results. 3.7.2003 updated with Adobe Camera Raw comparisions Note that these comparisions were done using shots from a Canon 1D. Results with other cameras may vary. 1.17.2004 Note that any references and here to ACR were done with the initial version (v1). With the release of Photoshop CS Adobe has also issued a new release of ACR which may address some issues.

	Camera Raw - First impressions, notes, and conclusions. (more)
	Color and Tonality (samples) - The core issues - with extensive comparision conversions. (more)
	Artifacting - How the three converters handle highlight and solar artifacts, and some types of moire. (more)
	The Gory Details - While doing the tonality study I noticed something strange with the CR conversions. (more)
	Gory Details, Real World Example - I thought perhaps CR's problems were somehow due to my test setup, so went looking for problems in real shots... (more)
	Gory Details, real world sample 2 (more)
	Conclusions - Well, you can draw your own, but here's mine: (more)

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