Something Phil Tragen showed in the video above I agree with is that the Phocus app really recreates the colors well. Of course, that is the point of Hasselblad making the software. I am a believer in using the manufacturer’s software because they should talk with the camera better than anyone.
That said, the spot removal is horrific in Phocus, and I transitioned to Capture One from Lightroom about 3 years ago. So, my workflow is a little different.
I always start in Phocus, no matter what. I adjust as much as I can and use the layers with gradient masks to selection areas to work on as needed (my photography is landscape, mostly coastal, so it works well for that). When I am happy with the image, I export it to a 16 bit TIFF and open that up in ON1. I do not try to trick the system by removing the Hasselblad name and pull it into Capture One.
I adjust 2 things in ON1. First, I remove any spots. Especially dust threads (lines vs. spots). Now I hate dust and I work hard to clean the sensor, but it just happens, especially with the CV backs and less so the X2D. Second, I use the dynamic contrast filter in ON1 which just pulls the micro contrast out really really well and has plenty of adjustments as needed.
Then I save the image and export it for social media, or adjust more for printing.
The files are huge, and while I prefer to keep files that are not technically bad (camera shake or bad exposure), I do cull more judiciously with the X2D and delete images I don’t want.
I save all my image files on a synology with raid setup so 2 drives can fail, and that backs up at night to an offsite backup service.
All in all, I prefer less saturation over more because it prints better, but I can adjust in Phocus to fine tune those things fairly well. It took me a couple of months and several sessions shooting to start to get it, (and a few Phocus updates) but I’m happy now except spot removal!
David.