Capture One + EM1x = Happy Times
My explorations of C1 (when I have time) are going extremely well.
The Programme just seems more powerful, but at the same time more controlled than Lightroom. My workflow is a little rubbish at the moment (have not read the 766 page manual), but otherwise everything seems intuitive and easy to find.
It seems there is always an answer.
I find I am less concerned with shadow and highlight retrieval, noise and even ISO settings in general. The results seem finished on import, only needing very slight fixes and these are often global, which is a bit of a shame as the fixes available are so clean and powerful, but good news for large jobs.
I wish all M43 users would give it a go, as I feel judging the format on Adobe’s processing is a little like running a high performance car on standard gas. I have been happy enough with their results over the years, but wish that in hind sight I could re-do so many jobs, just to see if C1 would have made a difference.
This is Sid (as you can see). This image was taken “on the fly” with my EM1x and 300 f4, while trying to get a pair of Tawny Frogmouth’s* with their eyes open down at the local dog park. This is tough as staying dead still and blending in is their main skill. It is an exercise of grey on grey until bright yellow eyes appear. Sid on the other hand is just a great, relaxed guy. He is a Greyhound-Alsatian cross, originally bred as a companion dog, but his matched companion was too rough on him.
* like an Owl, but not actually one.
The file above has very little done to it after import. I lightened the shadows, pulled back the highlights and used the layer tool to brush in some sharpness and lighten his eye. Not much at all.
Oh and yeah, loving the lens.