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
Landscape Examples
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The photo on this page was shot with a Nikon D300 using 'sunny' white balance. It was converted from RAW to TIFF using each RAW converter's default color and exposure choices. The RGB histograms under each image were from the original full resolution TIFF images. Looking at the histograms from the images below you can see that there is a noticeable difference in the default contrast curve applied by each RAW converter. It is important to remember that these images are presented as constructed from each RAW converter's default settings. These images are not representative of the best image that each RAW converter is capable of producing. All of these images could be improved with a little work in the RAW converter. |
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| ACR/Lightroom | BreezeBrowser Pro |
| The tonal range is just about perfect in this default conversion. | Good color but a little too compressed yet still shows some burned out whites. |
| Waiting on Bibble 5 release |
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| Bibble Pro | Capture One Pro |
| Good color but biased a little too much to the left of the histogram | |
only processes Canon RAW files |
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Canon Digital Photo Pro |
SilverFast HDR |
| Good color but we have a compressed tonal range that is biased a little too much to the left of the histogram | |
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| Silkypix Developer Studio | |
| Good color and a well constructed tonal range in this default conversion. Showing just a little bit of graph at 255 for some burned out whites. | |
| To print this web page correctly you will
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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 renditions comparison examples - color and tonal range 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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WEB SITE LINKS PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL IMAGING INFORMATION
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