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DIGITAL CAMERA RAW CONVERTER COMPARISONS
with Canon 1Ds Mk II, Canon 400D XTi, Canon 50D and Nikon D300 images
Adobe's ACR (Photoshop & Lightroom), Bibble Pro, BreezeBrowser Pro, Capture One Pro,
Canon's Digital Photo Pro, SilverFast HDR Studio and Silkypix Developer Studio

Color Renditions

The color chart series below was shot with a Canon 50D. White balance was set to sunlight and the shot was taken in December at about 11:00am in the morning on a sunny Southern California day. The exposure was 1/640 sec at F8 and ISO 200. The slight differences in density between these images are due entirely to each RAW converter's choice of default tone curve.

These images were converted from RAW to TIFF aRGB and then converted JPEG in sRGB for web presentation. They were color picked in Photoshop CS4 as TIFF aRGB files with a 30X30 pixel sample for the color numbers shown in the mid gray color patch in each image.

Xrite® ColorChecker Color Rendition Chart

Color Chart ACR/Lightroom

ACR / Lightroom

BreezeBrowser Color Chart

BreezeBrowser Pro

 

Capture One Color Chart

Capture One Pro

Digital Photo Pro Color Chart

Canon Digital Photo Pro

 

SilverFast Color Chart

SilverFast HDR

 

SilkyPix Color Chart

SilkyPix

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LINKS:
Introduction, comments on RAW and features comparison chart
Adobe ACR & Lightroom) overview
Bibble Pro overview
BreezeBrowser Pro overview
Canon Digital Photo Pro overview
Capture One Pro overview
Silky Pix Developer Studio overview
SilverFast HDR overview
comparison examples - color and tonal range
comparison examples - landscapes
comparison examples - artifacts & sharpening
comparison examples - studio lights with Kelvin white balance
comparison examples - digital noise at ISO 1600
comparison examples - image editing
EXIF and IPTC information

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