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corposant wrote:
Have you tried just processing a flat file (no sharpening) through ACR/LR and then Smart Sharpening/High Pass in Photoshop?
Well I don't want to hijack the thread but since you quoted me I guess this is directed to me also?
I was using ACR with no sharpening at all and no noise reduction (cause Fuji does not need any at all on native ISO) doing all the work through photoshop. I use my own sharpening method, using masks and layer blending, roughly based on Bruce Fraser's methods.
ACR method provides the most accurate color, best highlight recovery, and removes the chromatic aberration from the wide angle lens the best. But the detail is quite a bit less than acceptable and it is not recoverable with mere sharpening, the information is just not there to sharpen. Almost like there has been a gaussian blur put on the image first. You need edges to sharpen. Actually I was thinking of sending the lens back because I thought it was a dud. That is just how badly ACR interprets X-trans RAF files.
Sometimes if I need it I am actually converting the X-trans RAF using Photo Ninja, then rendering it to TIFF and reopening it in Adobe Camera Raw. Because once it is TIFF Camera Raw cannot mess it up, it is doing no RAW conversion. Once I have a custom camera profile I should not need to use ACR, but until then it is a good crutch.
And I think I am like you when you say use a "flat" file. Make a dull looking file with the maximum amount of info contained in it and then work the magic in PS to get the best possible final IQ. Yes?
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