So, software.
My work flow at the moment is pretty simple and it does the job (mostly).
M43 or FF camera in RAW > Capture 1 > ON1 NoNoise if needed.
M43 or FF camera in Various > DaVinci Resolve.
For video I am well short of needing anything more yet and cannot claim to have better than a working handle on basic grading, timeline creation and sound balancing. My main focus has been on providing decent content, not the finished product, so I will have to lift here, maybe processing then dropping into imovie just for polishing.
For stills I can fix exposure issues, noise and colour, use basic tools to fix/replace/remove bits, but I shoot to avoid too much of that and always have. The area I would like to investigate is background control.
Painting a grey background and adding colour is actually plenty and I know the “tricks” of light that can avoid the need, but textures are another thing all together. I have spent the equivalent of a decent lens on back drops etc, but even then, some choices are irrevesible without software.
Drawing a line in the sand is rarely useful. Resolve, focus and confidence of purpose can easily become stubbornness, but equally, undiscerning adoption of every idea floated never results in anything useful and focussed.
I got excited with the launch of ON1 23, thinking it would do everything as well as their NoNoise plug in, but it seems it still needs some polishing with it’s automatic functions, but the reality is, all automatics are not that attractive to me, so maybe, maybe not.
Some thinking ahead.