Massimiliano Angeloni from riflessifotografici (website) is one of those who’s testing the latest release of Lightroom. He says that overall the new release is definitely an improvement! But, well, just look at the image where he compares the SOOC Jpeg’s, LR4.4 and C1.
Have a look at the water drops! The Lightroom 4.4 release candidate shows a purple fringing effect when processing images with strong sunlight falling on wet surfaces. And look at the bridge, where the whole surface that reflects the light is tinged violet!
Thanks for the image, Massimiliano!
Oh, and if you want to read an interesting “riflessifotografici-quality” review about three cameras that were taken out of production, the [shoplink 8428 ebay]Fuji X100[/shoplink], [shoplink 8426 ebay]Leica X1[/shoplink] and [shoplink 8427]Sigma DP2X[/shoplink], you should read the latest article of riflessifotografici here (translated version).
Fuji X100 [shopcountry 8428]
Leica X1 [shopcountry 8426]
Sigma DP2X [shopcountry 8427]
image courtesy: riflessifotografici
climb up there with a DSLR… no way, you need an easy Fuji X100 😉
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Well yeah, because the 18mm is not a very good lens and Adobe reveals it. 😉
Just pull on the purple looking slider under Lens Corrections and it’s gone.
Like the JPGs are automatically corrected in-camera, CaptureOne probably does something similar to avoid fringing, just like it has way more sharpening than Adobe by default. It’s not a bug, just preference. Adobe shows it as-is.
Did you know there are a few new official samples added to the fuji site ?
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x20/sample_images/
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujifilm_x100s/sample_images/
The point here is that with some slight tweaking in the lens adjustment and some sharpening which is basic processing for ALL raw files LR 4.4 gets the job done and I can continue, albeit ignorantly and/or poorly informed, on my merry way without any disruption in my longstanding and well thought-out workflow.
This whole controversy is to me as stupid as the CaNikon arguments. I’d much rather that accomplished photographers share their wisdom about meaningful esthetics than about brand name loyalty.