Fuji X-E1, Fuji X-E2 / E2S, Fuji X-Pro1, Fuji X-T1 0

Third party RAW developers for Fuji X-TRANS files in Lightroom |
Wim Arys

The Fuji X-Trans CMOS II sensor incorporates an original colour filter array with a highly random pattern, eliminating the need for an optical low-pass filter (OLPF). These filters are used in conventional systems to inhibit moiré at the expense of resolution. The X-Trans CMOS II sensor array lets the sensor capture unfiltered light from the lens, achieving excellent resolution. And indeed, Jpeg’s straight out of camera look stunning, but the RAW files can often look soft in comparison, especially if you’ve based your image workflow around Adobe’s Lightroom application. I’ve personally been using Adobe Lightroom for years, as it is not just a RAW developer, but also one of the easiest ways of building and maintaining your image library on your desktop computer. Other major advantages for me are that you can easily use third party plug-ins, edit in Photoshop straight from the application itself and that Lightroom has the most straightforward export options. When I bought my first X-Trans sensor camera (the Fuji X100), I believe these RAW files where not even supported and when they finally where, they looked very soft with strange colour anomalies. I started looking for another RAW developer and went for Capture One, which absolute did a far better jab at decoding the Fuji RAW files. But I missed the flexibility of Lightroom, not to mention that my images from other cameras where still being handled by Lightroom. Let’s face it, they are the industry standard, support new cameras more quickly and actually do a descent job for most RAW formats from other brands. When it comes to X-Trans files, much has improved in the last six months since Adobe have been working closely with Fujifilm and you can now even dial-in Fuji’s in-camera film emulations for RAW files……..

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