RoamingScott wrote:
If you're using LR/C1 against RAW files, you're already not seeing the "real" colors of your camera's proprietary color science. You MUST use their RAW editing software (Phocus/NX Studio, et al) because like you say, Adobe is only doing an approximation.
I'd think Hasselblad files were oversold if all I did was edit them in Lightroom. Phocus colors are miles better. Same for NX Studio. You can go through the effort of base edits in the brand program and export as TIFF and bring THAT into LR for masks and removals if you actually care about peak color performance. Most don't.
yes, agreed...except for Leica. yeah ultimately it's up to the user to decide whether spending the the time on the propriety software to get the intended colors is worth it or approximate it with LR. for Leica it's is somewhat different since it's open source DNG so it kinda works with C1/LR pipeline since they're not hiding anything.
This learning experience certainly made me appreciate what Leica did with sticking with DNG. I didn't quite understand what the big deal is with their adoption of DNG until I spent the time understanding this more.
Sep 07, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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