Capture One 5.0 Preview

I don't get the "hairy" ONE either!
During the early wild and wooly days of digital image processing there were quite a few different raw processing programs. Some have fallen by the wayside, and new ones have come to the fore. Manufacturers continue to provide and promote proprietary solutions, mostly sub-standard compared to the market leaders, at least in terms of workflow and productivity.
One of the market leaders, both in the early days and still today, isCapture One from Phase One. It's not inexpensive, and it's not all that easy to learn and use. But C1 consistently produces raw conversions that are state-of-the-art, and as good as and often better than those from anyone else.
On October 28, 2009, Phase One introducedCapture One 5.0, its latest revision to their flagship program. This is a brief first look at what's new in C1 5.0, not a review. I hope to have a hands-on review within the next 60 days.
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