Fujifilm X-Pro2 Raw Conversion: X-Pro2 vs SilkyPix vs Adobe Camera Raw vs Iridient Developer

2016-03-28 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: Adobe, Adobe Camera Raw, Fujifilm, Fujifilm APS-C, Fujifilm mirrorless, Fujifilm X, Fujifilm X-Pro2, Iridient Developer, raw file processing

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Fujifilm X-Pro2

Updated: added Iridient Developer (conveted Fujifilm compressed RAF to DNG to enable).

Well, after hours of work with ACR, I came to a conclusion I did not expect, and I think I now understand why Fujifilm shooters just go with JPEG (though my recommendation remains RAW, or RAW+JPEG, if only to use the X-Pro2 camera body as a processing engine—and why can’t I just hook it up and use it that way form the computer BTW?).

Fujifilm shooters will definitely want to read this piece.

Raw Conversion: XPro2 vs SilkyPix vs Adobe Camera Raw vs Iridient Developer (Oil Pump)

Images shown in sizes up to 24 megapixels (full-res) along with three large crops, with all three raw conversions.

Oil Pump, McKittrick Oil Field near Taft, CA
(RAW FILE CONVERTER EX 2.0 powered by SILKYPIX)

f2 @ 1/5000 sec, ISO 200; 2016-03-22 12:37:29
X-Pro2 + XF35mmF2 R WR @ 53.4mm equiv (35mm)

[low-res image for bot]