However, that oversaturated the greens of the trees and yellows in the grass, which then needed adjusting back in the HSL panel. In Lightroom, achieving the same effect required significantly increasing the Vibrance slider.

With a landscape shot, I reduced the highlights slider, and the pale blues in the sky became visible. The other thing that Capture One did better was the handling of global color adjustments. In the test image, I can see individual pine needles on the tree much more clearly at a 100% zoom in Capture One.Īt 100% zoom, there is much more definition visible in the pine needles than seen in Lightroom. With Capture One at default values, the raw previews with Nikon images are bolder and sharper than with Lightroom. A Nikon user will be happy with the image quality of Lightroom Classic but probably happier with Capture One. Now that I have tried Capture One, I am amending that statement. In my previous article, I said Nikon users would be happy with the resulting image quality if they owned Lightroom. Camera Brand-Specific Test Results Nikon and Capture One

Therefore, they may get better results than I did. Furthermore, as I have said before, I am more experienced at adjusting images in Lightroom Classic than in Capture One. Still, these results are subjective, so I have only included them to illustrate a particular point.

Where appropriate, I've mentioned that I have developed photos to achieve what I think are better outcomes. Furthermore, I don't have the resources to test every camera on the market and certainly not under the same lighting conditions. Consequently, other factors may persuade you to use one program or another. Every program is unique and has its own extra features besides its raw engine algorithms. These tests are solely image quality results on raw files straight out of the cameras. Capture One showing some of the color adjustment tools.

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