Alternatives to Capture One?

[Wasp]

I recently became the proud owner of a Phase One P25 for my Hasselblad 500 EL/M and now find myself in need of software to process the files. Darktable can only read the tiny image preview. To my dismay, the community edition of Capture One was discontinued and the pricing of the professional edition is not ideal for my needs.

The clock is now ticking on my 30 day free evaluation period. I only use Capture One to read the files and pass them on to Darktable. I saw on a forum somewhere that the Darktable developers are working on reading Phase One files, but there is no delivery date. Maybe they need more sample files, which I can hep with. I also tried RawTherapee without any success.

Is there any other software that will read the .TIF files from my CF card? Free would be great, but I will settle for "less expensive than Capture One."

I will try Adobe Lightroom and DXO PureRaw next. Does anybody here have any experience in this regard?

 

[superwhite]

This might work I haven’t tried it. good luck
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HOW TO RUN CAPTURE ONE FOR FREE FOR DIGITAL BACKS​

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SUMMARY​

Capture One can be used for free if you are a Digital Back owner.

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IN-DEPTH​

"Capture One DB" (Digital Back version) has changed name to "Capture One for Phase One" from Capture One 20 and up.
If you are a digital back user you can get a free Capture One for Phase One in the latest version, simply contact Phase One Support.
Contact support here: Http://support.phaseone.com
The Capture One for Phase One version is not the full product and will only work with Phase One's digital backs and not any DSLR cameras.
Please select "Capture One for Phase One" (Capture One 20 or newer) or "Capture One DB" (if you are running Capture One 12 or older) on the initial splash screen on first run.

 

[superwhite]

Sorry I said in previous post I hadn’t used it but of course I had used it for years with my P45 but but as I had the pro version I used with my DSLR before I got the P45 and only resorted to the back only version when we moved the pro version on to another computer.
It’s great software. Have fun.

 

[Wasp]

Thanks for pointing me to "Capture One for Phase One." I have registered my P25. The warranty expired on 11/24/2006 (good to know that, hehehe) but I am now eligible to use the software.

 

[Wasp]

I am happy to report that I received a key for Capture One after registering my P25 serial number using the link above. It looks like a good product. I am only using it to read files that I then edit in Darktable. Perhaps I should dive into Capture One itself.

 

[wolfnowl]

I am happy to report that I received a key for Capture One after registering my P25 serial number using the link above. It looks like a good product. I am only using it to read files that I then edit in Darktable. Perhaps I should dive into Capture One itself.

I used Lr to v. 6.14 but gave it up when it didn't do well with my a7RIII files. If I hadn't I would have left the day Adobe announced they had a right to all of my work. Been using C1 since v. 7 (?) and it has consistently improved over the years. The latest version has some very good features, including masking. I don't know what is omitted in the Phase One for DB version. If you want to learn to use C1 on YouTube, David Grover (Capture One) is very good, as is Paul Reiffer. Scott Williams also has some great older posts.

Remember, the only stupid question is the unasked one.

Mike.

 

[davidmknoble]

I moved from Capture One just about 2 years ago now (from using LR beginning in version 2). Here is an image I edited in C1 from November. The color tools and layers and spectacular and while LR now has some of these things, they were later to the game and I believe the sensitivity is better in C1 that you can move a slider more for a small effect really dialing in what you want. (32 second exposure, Leica S3)