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Adobe's Fujifilm X-Trans sensor processing tested
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With the posting of ACR 7.4 and Lightroom 7.4 'release candidates' (RC), Adobe has updated its raw processing algorithms for Fujifilm's X-Trans sensor cameras, the X-Pro1, X-E1, X100s and X20. This move comes in response to months of online user requests for improved raw processing of the X-Pro1, Fujifilm's flagship mirrorless interchangeable lens model.
It is rare that Adobe's Camera Raw team revisits its demosaicing process for previously supported cameras, so we were excited to try out this latest version with some X-Pro1 raw files and compare results to the previous version of ACR, Capture One Pro 7 and Fujifilm's own in-camera conversion.
To provide some context, the vast majority of digital cameras ever made perceive color using what's known as a Bayer Color Filter Array, named after the late Kodak engineer Bryce Bayer. For its recent cameras, Fujifilm has developed its own color filter array pattern, which it calls X-Trans. The idea behind X-Trans is that its pattern repeats less often than the Bayer pattern, rendering redundant the low-pass filter that usually protects against moiré.
|The common 2x2 'Bayer' pattern used in most digital cameras.
|The 6x6 color filter array pattern of Fujifilm's X-Trans sensor.
The disadvantage of creating a non-standard color filter array (especially one that took two years to develop the demosaicing algorithm for), is that third-party software makers have to do a lot more work to provide Raw support. Adobe was one of the first third-party software makers to provide Raw support for the Fujifilm X-Pro1, but the results often fell short of the standard set by the camera's own JPEG engine, in terms of rendering fine detail. So let's see what changes Adobe has made.
Adobe Camera Raw 7.4 RC support
What follows are comparisons of ACR 7.4 RC's rendering against the previous generation of ACR support, Fujifilm's in-camera JPEG engine and Capture One Pro 7's processing.
ACR 7.4 RC vs ACR 7.3
We use these crops to compare the defaults settings of ACR 7.4 RC with those of Adobe's original X-Pro1 support as processed in ACR 7.3, also at its default settings. Click on a full scene thumbnail for the original resolution image.
|Adobe Camera Raw 7.4 RC: Click for the original full resolution image.
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In the ACR 7.3 rendering, the foliage takes on a distinct 'watercolor' appearance, and the white text of the sign is 'filled-in' green. As you can see, the new processing approach in ACR 7.4 RC offers substantial improvements in both areas. The foliage has a natural, realistic appearance and the lettering on the street sign is color accurate. If you look carefully, you'll see that these improvements come at the cost of a marginally softer looking file, but the difference is small enough to be easily overcome with more aggressive sharpening applied.
|Adobe Camera Raw 7.4 RC: Click for the original full resolution image.
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In the studio scene comparisons, we see very similar results with regard to the presence of minor moiré and other aliasing artifacts. The ACR 7.4 RC rendering does offer a more neutral color response, avoiding the slightly warmer tint of earlier ACR support. And as we saw in the samples above, ACR 7.4 RC appears just a bit softer but does avoid the unnatural edge artifacts in fine detail textures found in the ACR 7.3 output. Taken as a whole, these samples show just how substantial an improvement Adobe has made in version 7.4 RC.
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I use Fujifilm X-E1 and the result I found using Silkypix Pro 5 with "V4 compatible" Color profile is always outstanding compare to Photoshop Camera Raw 7.4
I am still not convinced with the quality of ACR even though I am a fan of Adobe ACR which I use for all my other Raw file conversion for Canon & Nikon cameras but only for Fujifilm I vote for Silkypix Pro5.
I am confident that ACR will work to sort out the issue soon so that I use ACR powerful tools for Raw File Conversion.
As a long time Fuji faithful, mainly in Medium format but also S5 (Nikon Hybrid) I am bitterly disappointed that waiting years after the day they simply stopped making Professional cameras altogether, this 'new' sensor is all they have to offer professional photographers who used Fuji equipment, expecting something new before it was too late.
It's very sad that Fuji have abandoned professional photographers completely. The rumors that floated around were all lies. The only professional offerings in digital cameras come from Fuji's rivals. SO the wait is over. For me and some of my contemporaries the choice Phase one or Pentax.
Bye bye Fuji.
OMG Fujifilm, put this sensor in an SLR body ALREADY!!!
It would be outstanding stitched together for a FF sensor (the noise ceiling alone would be pushed so far beyond normal ISO range we could get 100 performance at ~3200) but if APS-C is all Fuji wants to do atm that is fine. Just work with 'someone' and get this into an SLR body..!
Combine the base IQ of this sensor with real AF performance, broader lens selection, lighting capability - too many added benefits to list - and it would be the best implementation of the only real technology innovation we have seen in this industry for years.
(Higher MP and more noise massaged to look like 'grain' is not technology progress..)
X-Trans sensor is 5-6 year late. New cameras 16-36 MP with Bayer sensors without AA filter have very weak level of moire. It's not a problem at all.
X-Trans is invention of new bicycle without technical support. Deadborn.
Fuji can't make the best software for X-Trans sensor and can't solve the problem of their sensor. We get false colours and other types of artifacts instead of moire of Bayer . Adobe and other software developers try to offer anything, but no any serious results.
I can't see any advantages of this marginal technology.
Sigma offers the best software to develop RAW from their specific Foveon.
Why can't Fuji offer RAW converter?
and the FUD continues... Had you done just a little research, you'd have found out that Fuji delivers a (technically fine) RAW converter with their cameras.
Is it superior? Is it the best to convert RAW from Fuji?
Is it better than C1Pro, ACR or DXO...?
I don't talk about ANY RAW converter. I talk about X-Trans sensors problems and that there is no high effective RAW converter from Fuji.
Seems to me you like to WHINE to WHINE.
They do its called Silkypix and its bundled with the camera...
The professional version DP5 has IMO the best X-Trans conversions and is FAR more usable... though it should be the camera is bundled with v3 and this is v5!
DP5 easily out does both CP1 and Lightroom once you learn it...
Moire appears to be much more pronounced with the new ACR release.
Those who say that the in-camera JPEG is better than the LR RAW based on the samples presented here, have obviously no clue whatsoever as to how to use LR or indeed any need to do so. In fact, to my mind, it is misleading to even juxtapose them. I have used several raw converters with Fuji X-Pro 1 files and I can honestly say if you are familiar with them the results they are capable of are damn near identical (although LR did have some issues that I find have been most the part dealt with). Of course I wasn't happy with the fact that Adobe's support was sub-optimal in the beginning since my workflow is based around LR, but there is really a lot to like about the camera and I'm sure that an X-Pro 2 will pretty much be all that most enthusiasts and the semi-pros need it to be and tick all the right boxes. Still, Fuji has to be commended for what is essentially a great product and a real alternative to other mirrorless offerings out there. Shoot and print more, pixel peep less guys.
I don't see that the problem is solved. I see just the try to solve.
Some problems are tried to be solved and solved a bit, the rest problems are unreal to solve. Corrected colours, lost resolution.
The problem of X-trans sensor is not the software. The main problem is color filter array pattern of Fuji sensor.
No one said the problem was 'solved' (if we assert there is a 'problem' at all given Fuji's jpg output is better than most sensors raw conversion can produce) DPR said that raw support had been 'improved'...
Still looks pretty soft and mushy for an AA'less camera... Bit of a shame really, so much promise.
I didn't expect Adobe to update their engine, looking at the almost negligible market share Fuji X has. So, really great, Adobe DOES move.
I wonder if Fuji funded (at least a part of) the additional development required...
Still has those terrible yellow lines diagonally streaking through patterns. One of the clear drawbacks of the Xtrans filter.
I've never seen a photo from a Fuji x-trans camera that I liked the look of. They all seem to have an insubstantial texture and pale colour balance and contrast, even the ones on the Fuji site are unimpressive to me. Shame as the camera bodies are a bit nice!
I've been a photographer for over 40 years and I can confidently say that the colors from the Fuji XPRO are easily the best I've ever seen to come out of a digital camera. Maybe you need a new monitor.
Amazing, I too have been taking photos for that long and yet when I compare them to others on the SAME monitor, all I see is a weak looking, slightly soft photo. Perhaps you have what we call buyers blindness?
maybe it is the little fact that everyone likes something else?
If everyone would see the things exactly the same way we would have only single camera on the market instead of hundreds.
One day people may begin to understand that overstatement is the enemy of credibility.
But I think most would say Fuji do produce the best images in the APS-C format, from this you can detect how far away from the general consensus you sit. Now this not a problem, unless you want to sell your wares to a wide audience.
Adobe is to be commended for its work on this and DPReview is to be commended for its analysis.
Ultimately, I think there is something very subjective about what constitutes a good quality photograph. I have used RAW for years. And yet, it you removed all the provenances from this article and just asked me to pick the quality I like the best, I would probably opt for JPEG. My second choice might vary from picture to picture, but would likely be split 50-50 between RAW 7.3 and 7.4.
I think lightroom 4 is broken.
The red color of the playcard looks odd to me (colorshift ? ) both in jpeg and RAW.
I noticed that the shutter speed used for the fuji 3200 ISO studio comparison scene is almost identical to the speed used for the NEX6 1600 ISO scene. Does this means that there is a discrepancy of almost 1 stop, and that the fuji 3200ISO in reality corresponds with 1600ISO ?
(btw used aperture is identical)
Fuji E1: 1/500s 3200 ISO
NEX6: 1/400s 1600 ISO
Your comment reminds me how a lot of cloth brands are used nowadays to show on their products label a size smaller than what the size actually is in order to stroke the (woman) customers pride. "Oh, my gosh ! I still can wear a so small size !"
Could it be possible some camera makers use such a stratagem to claim a higher high-ISO ability than what they can really achieve ?
It's not just "possible". It's been done by Fuji & Olympus.
This is surely not my specialty. But I have nevertheless the impression that the industry (i.e. companies developing photo cameras and companies developing RAW-processing software) should come up with new additional standards in the area of RAW formats in order to avoid future repeats of the problem that we have encountered.
These new additional standards should on one side allow camera developers to be innovative (for example in the current particular case the use of other than Bayer arrays) and on the other side make sure that the developers of RAW processing Software can support without too much struggles these innovations. .... (continuation in next post)
continuation from previous post.....
As I mentioned in the previous post: I am not a specialist and the ***example*** that I provide below is probably extremely poor or even flawed. But the following example nevertheless illustrates what is meant by this these "new additional standards": provide in the area of RAW formats an additional standard that allows the camera manufacturers to perform their own demosaicing in such a way that the result of that demosaicing can be processed without much struggles by RAW processing software like ACR, Capture One, Lr,.... while still allowing the users of the RAW Processing Software to exploit the current headroom and the white balancing capabilities provided by the RAW format.
And of course, it does not matter (at least for me) if such solutions will be for something that will still be called RAW, RAW2, DNG, or something else ...continuation and end in the next post.
continuation (and end) from the previous posts....
Notice, that it is Auke Nauta (not me) who proposed on the dpreview Website some weeks ago (for the particular instance of the problem that we encountered) a solution along the lines of the above example
As we can't see any full stop at the end of the third paragraph, I think I'm justified to say: good continuation !
Do you mean like Adobe dng?
Good idea I mean there is only one Jpeg type isn't there? So why not a standard Raw file that is standard across all manufacturers.
It's quite possible I don't know what I am talking about.
Yes, something like dng. But from what I learned from the discussions in another thread, it seems that dng as currently is, is probably not yet sufficient. Because Software like Lr, Capture One, ACR.... will still be confronted with the problem of demosaicing.
You might be interested to read what Auke Nauta (he is an excellent specialist) had proposed and I therefore include below the link to his post and the link to the discussion thread.
As you can see from this update there is no definitive way to demosaic any file. If you'll store already demosaiced files than you'll be tied to the algorithm used. What happens if a new one with greater detail is invented in 5 years? You won't be able to just reprocess your photos with it if they are stored in already demosaiced form.
Den, you have surely in this area more experience then I have (in fact, I have nearly none).
But.... it could very well be feasible for the camera to provide options (like the options that currently exist: options allowing us to choose whether we only want a jpeg file, or only a RAW file or both).
The camera could provide options allowing its user to choose for examples between creating one or more of the following:
- "traditional" RAW Files (i.e files that have neither been demosaiced nor otherwise been pre-processed)
- RAW Files that have been demosaiced (or to be more precise, that conform to the new standards/formats)
- Jpeg Files.
In my previous Post, I forgot to mention, that the pre-processing of the RAW data into the new/future format could (depending on what the camera manufacturers and the RAW proceesing Software companies decide) be performed in the camera or in the RAW Processing software (e.g. as a kind of camera-manufacturer-provided plugin to Lr, ACR, Camera-one).
Why are people typing raw in ALL CAPS? Does it stand for something?
The problem with an International standard format for RAW is what if my company can produce images from RAW files that are superior to the standard format? Do I downsample to fit the standard or do I take the market advantage and release a non standard format that will give superior results?
So the advice here is that for anyone who wants to take close up shots of Washinton Street signs or money is not to buy a Fuji. But for most other subject matter the Fuji will be fine.
I disagree, and am certainly not the only one. Many have described the X-Trans output as having a 'watercolor' look. When the X-Pro1 reviews and sample photos first started coming out, I heard speculation that Fuji was applying noise reduction to the RAW files. What some thought were signs of NR were actually X-Trans artifacts, and not only in close-up shots of Washington Street signs or money.
Bayer has artifacts too, including the smearing caused by the AA filter and considerably more noise. Identifying artifacts in isolation without comparing prints is fairly meaningless, and I can assure you A2 prints look very good, even compared to a D600.
To sum up the Backayonder's thought: if you're gonna have a money shot, don't go there with your Fujifilm hanging to your neck ! (in bygone days, Polaroid was OK but these days I don't know).
If you wonder what the face of the queen on that bill really looks like - go to the comparison tool and compare with the NEX-7 or any other camera with a Bayer sensors. You will be amazed how fake the X-Trans image looks like.
Non-existing black spots, non-existing diagonal lines on the face, etc.
Yes! You are so right!!! No diagonal lines at all!!!! WOW! I was really thinking to buy that thing. But now I don't think so!
Drop the ISO to 200 on the NEX-7. Go to the Paul Smith watch. Look at all that noise. Compare that to the Fuji Xpro-1's JPEG. Then, zoom over to the paper clips, and gander at those jagged lines and nasty detail. Go up to the gray scale, and behold all the mid-tone noise. Then, while you're at it, take a look at the woman's face in the upper right, and once again, gander at all that NEX-7 NOISE at just a mere ISO 200. I had the NEX-7, but was tired of the grain/noise at such low ISO. While the NEX-7 picks up detail in certain areas better than others, it loses in low ISO noise. Then for kicks, up the ISO to a widely used 1600 ISO. NEX-7 shows it's own star system with that noise. Holy crap, I don't miss that. Fuji's on the other hand? Non-existent.
Oh come on both of you~
even they say the Nyquist frequency test is very close to NEX-7, it's doesn't mean the true resolution is close to NEX-7. NEX-7 is 24MP and X-Pro1 is 16MP, so the detail of X-Pro 1 is limited to 16MP resolution, NEX-7 can reveal diagonal lines and black spot better due 24MP resolution. and don't forget, they useACR version is when isn't fully support X-Pro1 and had problem with color bleeding and watercolor like effect.
and don't forget, due different filter, they had different way to demosaicing. SONY, NIKON, CANON, etc use basic Bayer filter, so they can reveal more detail because they already improving they way to demosaicing the bayer filter.
if you care about it, compare it with Pentax K-30/ K-5 IIs, Nikon D7000, and SONY NEX-5 who had same resolution. even they resolve the diagonal lines, but the result is still crispier and had more detail (specially in JPEG).and even Fujifilm didn't show any moire, while the other show more moire.
The only reason I mentioned the NEX-7 is because it is there already, in the comparison tool. Choose the D5100 then. Night and day. Fuji renders false color and false detail in the both faces. The color moire on the coin is replaced by a zig-zag junk which cannot be cleaned up.
About the noise - you have to know how the scene was exposed. The ISO does not mean much. BTW, most cameras of this class have and should have ISO 100.
You are simply seeing the effect caused by any sensor without a low pass filter. The D800e looks like she is wearing blush, it is color moire (zoomed in) - and the diagonal lines are the most visible, even on the D800/e, 645D, etc.. not to mention the image is in color. It is not green ink like US notes nor black and white. If capturing the face on a currency note was your intent you would not do it from a distance and you would use a macro lens.
The Fujifilm X-Trans sensors are capable of showing higher/comparable levels of detail even though they are lower mp, which is the big deal about them as the lower mp count also contributes to much lower noise by comparison.
I am just waiting for DxO support, could care less about Adobe for image processing/correction. If you look at what DxO can do with the S5-Pro compared to what anything else was capable of doing when it was reviewed it is a whole new camera. Same thing will happen with the newer Fujifilm sensors.
You need to compare it with another sensor without an anti alias filter eg D800E. The D800E shows significant cross hatching on the face. Oddly the Fuji misses the left to right cross hatch and it only really picks up the right to left hatch. Comparing to the 5D MKIII or 6D it is quite similar.
Now we all can understand why DxO is so cautious about releasing X-Trans support...
Because they are DXnikOn? ;)
Oh, a Canon fanboy bitterly resenting Canon's less-than-stellar DxOMark tests. Spare me!
That Fuji refuses to release the algorithms they use in-camera amazes me. I won't buy from a company that so disregards the needs of their users.
It did provide those algorithms to at least Adobe, Apple and Capture One. The problem before was reluctance to make changes in their initial algorithm from Adobe. This has been discussed a few times already.
They are on record as having released the algorithms to various RAW conversion companies. Adobe didn't come up with this on their own.
No, but they had to incorporate the new development parameters and algorithms into their existing workflow. With Bayer, it's just tuning - there is no algorithmic difference in the underlying demosaicing algorithm. Every time you adjust a slider, the effect has to be recalculated and optimised, which is non-trivial.
Where did you read that Fuji released the algorithms?
Tom it was reported here if I recall by one of the VP's of Fuji that they gave them the algorithms last year.
Also my own contacts in FujiFilm have also told me the same information. Adobe has had the algorithms for a better part of a year, but because they are trying to adapt Bayer Algorithms to this X-Trans sensor, it is writing the proper countermeasures to make it work.
Re-engineering is still not an option at this point.
I stand corrected.
Also on Twitter they stated that they had given all the algorithms to the various raw-converter devs. They asked their twitter followers to put pressure on Adobe, Apple etc. to please implement them.
A nice improvement but as I look at the default sharpening vs. Capture One it still looks like you can't have it both ways. You can keep things sharp, and live with artifacts and halos or... you can lower the sharpness a little to minimize problems and add the sharpening back in at the end. Sort of a digital AA filter.
Who cares about defaults? With C1 it was hard to get rid of the colour and geometric moire but the level of fine detail isn't any higher, only the level of micro-contrast.
Thats nice how about an update to their X3F support.....
Also- does anyone know if this will transfer over to older versions of Lightroom? Im running 3 (v3.6 I think).
From my understanding, camera support is built-in to each version, so you would need to upgrade to take advantage of it. (I recommend it!)
Version 4.x is so much better than 3.x that it is a no-brainer to upgrade to 4.4 when it is officially available. The adjustment sliders for black, white, shadow and highlight plus clarity are just godsent.
Right on Adobe! And DPreview, for staying at the forefront of this, testing & keeping us updated. It's a good day for Fuji & it's shooters.
for shooter - yes
as for Fuji - doesn't looks like they care much
@ Ak pinxit - without knowing exactly what's gone on behind closed doors, it's impossible to know how much each company 'cares.'
I have every reason to think Fujifilm considered good third-party Raw support to be very important.
Perfect! I never supposed so high quality!
Kudos to Adobe, this 4.4 do a better job overall. Just proves that there is always room for improvements,. That's what you want from a leader in image processing. This time, it seems that many people are tempted to buy the X100S. Now I'm more interested in buying X100S. None of this is by chance, Adobe did this even before the launch of X100S, everything has a logical. Business logic.
The Washington sign is clearly better but there is much more moire in the new LR version so pick you faults they both have issues.
Has anyone tried the moiré reduction brush in LR 4.x to reduce the added moiré? I haven't tried that brush yet.
The moire brush works pretty well in my experience.
The moire brush works very well. I agree with Asylum Photo, but why it's not part of the Sharpening panel has always confounded me. Spot correcting is a better idea regardless, and corrects for things like that colour moire in the queen's head (it does not correct for any maze-like moire that occurs in sharpened details)
For the first time we have seen the red mesh on the upper right side of the queen's head showing negligible moire. Hope Lightroom 4.4 achieves the same.
One more thing I'd like to add that is an improvement that most people wouldn't know about is something I call Zipper Aliasing. This isn't something that Lightroom 4.3 had a problem with (because it never resolved the details high enough), but with the increase of details, it's a fine balance between this unique zipper alias that happens only with the X-Trans files.
It is as far as I can tell by looking at just a RAW demosaic file, that it's the Green sensors that cause a unique zipper like pattern to form between certain details (only visible at 200-400%). This was present in processors like Silkypix and DCRAW especially if you over-sharpened. Lightroom's increase in detail did not result in any zipper aliasing when over-sharpening which is good. The trade off of slightly softer interpolation gives better control over that phenomena.
Zipper alias might happen any time when you don't "synchronize" demosaicing of separate color channels (e.g. channels doesn't use luminance info of others channels). It doesn't depend on specific color filter array at all.
Great news!
Among other for me, because I am strongly interested in the X20 and use both ACR (via PSE --- I guess that i will need to wait a little bit until these enhancements appear also in that version of ACR used by PSE) and Lr.
It is also excellent to experience, that ACR and Lr users are not left in the cold by Adobe, when they are interested in a camera that use inovative (but not yet very widespread) sensors.
I heard part of the issue with ACR was that pushing a file would cause the water color affect to appear.
Has this issue also been resolved with the new release?
I was hoping DPReview would show how ACR and Capture One handle files when they are being pushed.
The new RCs seem to sharpen RAFs well. There's still some detail inaccuracies, but we're talking about stuff that's hard to spot at 100% viewing, so I consider it a non issue.
The 'watercolor' issue you're referring to was easily visible in default conversions of Capture One and ACR 7.3. No 'pushing' necessary. In ACR 7.4 RC I have not seen it in any of the dozens of files I re-processed even with agressive sharpening custom settings.
At my eyes, the 7.3 give less moiré and more sharp rendering and on my screen I don't see any difference on colors in theses jpeg.
see the 'Washington' board. 7.3 looks light green letters while 7.4 looks white .
I agree, except 7.4 does have a bit better color. Personally, I'd rather tweak the color than trying to get rid of moiré and sharpening.
Thank you for this quick and dirty update. Short and to the point. Very useful.
@DPR: have the other converters been updated as well, or is it just Adobe that covers the Fuji as well?
I'm eyeing the Fujis, so this is all good to know.
Capture One, Adobe, SilkyPix and open source DCRaw based editors are basically it. Aperture has yet to be updated, as well as DXO, I believe.
Did anyone of you notice extreme purple fringe in backlight situations, after the 4.4 rc update?
After hours of testing , re-testing and pixel peeping I have to say that I am impressed. Adobe finally delivered excellent RAF converter.
"Water colour" and "colour bleeding" effects are completely gone, the output has accurate colours and tons of details.
You seem to forget to turn off [Noise Reduction Advanced > Details] option in Capture One. It's the setting that adds weird bi-linear artifacts but improves detail a bit. It works even if you have noise reduction disabled. Without it you aren't really looking and clean demosaicing output like in Camera Raw.
And if you compare without this detail improvement setting Adobe's demosaicing looks superior resolution-wise.
What about Fuji x100 raw support - doesn't that need improvement too?
Most people can't get x100 raw to look as good as in camera jpeg, which shouldn't really be the case. I've tried it myself and simply gone back to jpeg - it's just too hard fiddling with the raw files.
Has Adobe forgotten the x100 and the x100s?
X100s improvement are included in this update. I've never noticed any difficulties with my X100 files.
No need to include the X100 as is does not have the X-Trans sensor. If you're looking for better detail do not sharpen in ACR but rather in PS.
The X100 in opposite to X100s, X-E1, etc. has a standard pattern. Once the RAW file read all optimizatin algos work fine as on all other sensors. Therefore until now X100 RAW files looked better in some situations that the X-E1 RAW files.
It takes a great expertise to optimize something that is relatively new. Let's see if now the X-E1 can produce images that look sensibly better than the X100.
Great that they have made some improvements. But I must say I'm a bit disappointed. It very much looks like the same mushy watercolor effect (slightly less of it) but with lowered sharpness. This is judging from samples, I have to give it a go in LR.
Lesson learned: just go bayer the next time. I don't think X-trans offers anything that has justified all this trouble.
Try sharpening the same image converted with old and new demosaicing. You won't be able to improve detail with the old one at all. New conversion looks much more natural and sharpening-friendly.
Give your own files a shot. In my files, the clarity is about on par with the jpegs, close enough to not see a difference unless I zoom to 200% anyways. Also, the new demosaicing allows for sharpening and clarity adjustments without getting really odd details. I understand being disappointed in the sensor, but this update is clearly an improvement.
Kudos to Adobe for going back and improving the Fuji X-Trans demosaicing algorithm and to dpreview for this early comparison here! :)
I would have liked to also see a closer default resemblance of the Fuji Provia JPG colors, as this is where I usually spend the most time tweaking the RAWs.
But one BIG point still needs to be taken care of: The XF "LENS PROFILES" in LR could really help to get better default RAW results after importing. That is also one of the reasons why the JPG often look better...
I could be missing something but isn't lens correction information included in the RAW files such that no such profiles are necessary? It's the same for M43s.
It may be in there, but Adobe does not seem to do a whole lot with it comparing a XF 18mm OOC JPG to the same RAW image in LR
Is anyone else getting these odd dots everywhere in the image? I'm using the ACR 7.3 to DNG converter. Image below is from a crop of the DPR raw.
What were your DNG settings? I got those dots on some old conversions, but the dots disappeared when I upgraded ACR way back when. (I think 7.1?)
Does this affect the EXR sensor Fuji cameras (XF1, for instance) that have similar problems with their RAW files??
For the full story open the resolution charts from Imaging Resource. The color star targets still look horrid.
This is still not ready for prime time.
Kudos to Adobe for taking up the challenge though! I'm curious if they can still take this further. Fuji would be foolish not to share some their secrets with them, but...well, I suspect they -are- foolish.
The new ACR demosaicing is based on the algorithm that Fujifilm gave to Adobe (and Apple). However, demosaicing is just the first step in RAW processing.
The solution is FUJIFILM buys ADOBE.
Ah, doesn't look great to me, comparing the color chart in the linked studio sample images. The new version is considerably less sharp and shows strange 'halos' at hard-edged color changes. See the two images at 100%, and take a look at the Kodak color chart.
Do yourself a favor and 'forget' which image is the new and which is the old, look both over, closely, and decide which one looks better. I chose the old version, hands down.
Seems there's still a way to go on this technology.
I think C1 looks sharper simply because C1 apply higher default sharpening and saturation. It would be better to compare the "tweak" settings across softwares. Comparing default settings in raw converters are like comparing OOC JPG across cameras, not very meaningful.
It's pretty simple - there might be some minor detail here or there that looks nicer on ACR 7.4, but with C1 they look more like real 3D objects, both indoors and out.
It's still good to see that Adobe has made some much-needed improvements.
To my eyes, the Capture One files look a bit sharper, but also almost brittle, kind of like a some of the Foveon files I've seen. It looks impressive at normal viewing size, but at 100% the crop of the Lira note, the engraving lines on her face are showing artifacts and too much sharpening.
The ACR files looks more natural, and with just a bit of USM they'd be perfect.
I be happy with either editor, but as a LR user I'm delighted with this news.
Thanks DPR for the update.
A definite improvement, colour is better, still colour bleeding in areas like typography, artifacts less objectionable, the one case of moire I had is gone, actually prefer it to capture one - especially for the integration with my LR database. I am pretty sure the sensor has some physical limitations which I do not think any demosaicing can deal with 100% compared to Bayer . Happier with the results and more confident about using the camera's files than I was before.
I still like Capture One but huge improvement from Adobe.
To DPR: It would be interesting to know your opinion how new ACR compares to Capture One Express 7.
On the second page of this article we make a direct comparison between ACR 7.4 RC and Capture One Pro 7 which uses the same raw engine as Capture One Express.
I just finished my own tests using LR 4.4 RC and Capture One Express 7. I definitely had to do a bit more aggressive sharpening and some other post processing tweaks in LR 4.4 RC, but afterwards I found that the files were so similar that I had a hard time deciding which I liked best (and that is good news). BTW, I pull back the noise reduction in C1.. and don't care for the default "structure" setting in C1. Overall, aside from some of the color differences, I found both programs to give very similar results.
Thanks Amadou, I just wasn't 100% sure that engine is the same.
Some improvements from what I've seen so far on one of my toughest reference images I use to compare. The Watercolour effect (colour smearing) is much improved. Details is still lower than competing products like Capture One and SilkyPix. More testing to do and will publish my own results against the rest.
My findings, comparing LR 4.3, LR4.4, Capture One 7.0.2
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Thank you, Mr. Lam, for your report. It provides clarity on some questions I had about this update.
Thank you for yor comparison. That saves a lot of us the time to do the same test :)
Would you mind to share your sharpening values on the LR sliders that gave you the best results with the sample image?
My pleasure guys...
The best I found so far is the following:
Amount: 70
Radius: .5
Detail: 30
Masking: 35
This gave me the best balance of sharpening without too much moire artifacts, specifically the maze like effect that happens on ultra high frequency textures (usually only visible only at 200%).
Thanks for continuing your tests of the X-Trans. It appears to me Capture One still produces the best results, especially with regards to details. I think in most cases I would be satisfied with LR 4.4 results especially if I was planning to use LR plugins such as NIK or Topaz.
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Advanced Style Artist: Malcah Zeldis
Yona writes," A good friend said to me, "Your mother is not just a great person, she's a great event!" And it's true. Her super-sized style is apparent in her art, her clothing and her décor. Born in 1931 and raised in Detroit, she spent nine years of her life in Israel, and returned to the United States in 1958 to settle in New York City. After raising my brother and me, she finally found the courage to pursue the life of an artist, a long held dream of hers. Although she did not study formally, she achieved her own form of expression with her brightly colored, densely packed oil paintings and gouaches, as well as with her sculptures, many of which were created using found objects. Today she has a thriving career which includes many museum shows (the Smithsonian and The Museum of American Folk Art are two high points), important private collections and numerous publications. I was always enchanted by the way she dressed and I can still remember outfits she wore back in the 1960s, when I was a small child. Some highlights: a pair of floor length cherry velvet evening pants (cut so full as to resemble a skirt) worn with a glittery purple belted tunic and long strands of red crystal beads, a wool coat in a black and white checkerboard pattern with black fox trim, a white, hand embroidered caftan from Israel, a cotton summer dress in a denim blue, with contrasting red stitching (there was a matching bow for her long black hair), a sleeveless shift in sky blue and brown, with what looked like a red, black and white target dead center. I loved her look back then, and I still love it today.
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you're a lovely woman who is fascinating and you inspire me to continue doing my own thing....you're interesting! in a world of conformity...
Thank you for your gift...look forward to more videos and pictures of you. I love your necklace...
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Love love love.
Every day.
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Every woman.
Every man.
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- March 24, 2010 at 3:56 AM
- Rebecca said...
I enjoy almost all posts on this fascinating site. Living in the somewhat conservative midwest, I thrive on the creativity and "spunk" of the personalities you feature. This one is no exception! Truly, a "Person" and an "Event"!
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cool posts!
lovely blog!well done!!!!!!!
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My favorite of all your posts. I hope you will visit Malcah Zeldis again and show more of her paintings.
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what an inspirational pair--both stunning and so stylish!
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These women inspire me--they are stunning, so stylish.
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I would love to have the opportunity to talk to these incredibly creative, beautiful women you feature on your blog! The photos and interviews are so inspiring, keep doing what you do, Ari, your blog is such a joy
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This blog has enriched my life more than you will ever know. This artist and all the other great people you feature are just so cool and it makes me feel so much better about being over 50 and a creative.
Thank you!
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What a fantastic and inspiring blog! It just goes to show that age is no barrier to style, Malcah is an icon.
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Ari, the people showcased in your blog fill my heart and become my inspiration every single day. Endless gratitude to you and your staff for bringing them to us.
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Wow! Am I ever glad I found this blog. (Waving "Thanks" to Rebecca!!!!)
The other day, I found the most perfectly striped over-the-knee socks ever. With resignation, I put them back believing (then) that at 53, I'd AGED since I first began hunting for said socks.
After seeing Malcah rock those stripes, I'm back to the store tomorrow to get some of my very own.
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Ari, just love your blog....it is my favorite!.....love the photos and the stories........
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Love the décor as well as this lady's sense of style. She wears the colorful necklace so well, doesn't she?
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her necklace is amazing!
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Bass Pro Shops sent me a Christmas gift, which struck me as a pretty thoughtful gesture considering it's been at least a year since I hooked a bass.
And I landed that smallmouth without the assistance of any of Bass Pro Shops' quality products.
They didn't pay me to write that.
Truth be told, I've never bought anything from the company. Not even a little bag of those black rubber worms. I've heard bass go for those worms almost every time. Although I suppose if you're a famished bass there is only one time, unless you come across an angler who believes in catch-and-release. That's the bad thing about being a fish — the likelihood that your last meal is fake.
Well, that and all the swimming.
Anyway I felt guilty as soon as I opened the envelope and read the letter from Bass Pro Shops announcing, and here I'm quoting: "We are pleased to enclose your 2009 Bass Pro Shops Media Discount Card for catalog or retail purchases."
With all those capital letters I knew right off this was a heck of a lot better present than a Chia Pet.
Except maybe for Chia Scooby Doo.
Bass Pro Shops even spelled my name right, both on the letter's salutation line and on the discount card (I mean Discount Card). That's a feat rare enough that it qualifies as its own little stocking-stuffer.
Besides not ever buying anything from Bass Pro Shops, not once have I bought anything for the outfit.
But I guarantee you wouldn't want to draw the company in a gift exchange.
I have poked around in a few Bass Pro Shops catalogues, and with my modest budget I doubt I could afford anything they don't already have.
The place sells every sort of camouflage-painted item you can think of, and a whole lot of others you can't.
A cigarette lighter, for instance.
I can't figure what advantage a camo lighter would afford a hunter.
I'm no biologist, but nothing I've seen of wildlife behavior suggests that a deer or elk, even if it couldn't see the lighter, wouldn't notice the person puffing on cigarette or trying to kindle a fire.
Bass Pro Shops also markets a line of camo harmonicas, which sounds like trouble to me.
You'd probably never find the instrument after your hunting partner tossed it into the woods because your rendition of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was keeping him awake.
A trailer hitch ball cover is a nice gift, or at least an unusual one, but there's no way to surprise Bass Pro Shops in that area.
The online catalogue even offers a cover in the shape of a buck deer head, but that seems to me like a good way to get your trailer hitch shot off.
Bass Pro Shops generosity surprised me mainly because the discount card is the first of its kind I've ever received.
Perhaps this sort of thing is common in big media markets. I've toiled my entire career in relative obscurity, though, and so was taken aback by how blatant and unapologetic Bass Pro Shops' approach was.
I mean the card has the words "media discount" printed right on the top, and in bold black letters. It's like a disc jockey blaring, "this next record brought to you by payola."
I could understand the company mailing me the card if there was the slightest chance that anything I might write would bolster Bass Pro Shops' bottom line.
It seems, though, that the company might have overestimated my influence, and egregiously so.
Maybe nobody at the company's headquarters realizes that neither I, nor anyone else at the Baker City Herald, so much as applied for media credentials for any of the Bassmasters tournaments this year.
In any case, my employer's ethics policy forbids me from using the Bass Pro Shops discount card.
But that policy isn't as explicit as it could be.
I read the document quite carefully, too, as though it were the recently discovered will of a wealthy relative I did not know about.
And I can now state, with confidence, that the policy does not expressly ban me from trying to ensure that someone who is not so ethically encumbered as I am can take advantage of this lucrative opportunity.
I am, as the saying goes, willing to entertain offers.
It's harmless, really.
I'll be careful. I'm not going to put the card on eBay or anything. Maybe I'll make a few phone calls, gauge the interest.
What could go wrong?
I'm not auctioning off a Senate seat, after all.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
The 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Awards and An Evening With Robert Higgs
Recorded: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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The reception and presentation of the Thomas S. Szasz Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties to Robert Higgs and Robert Spillane, followed by a special forum featuring Dr. Higgs on Liberty and Leviathan.
Experts: Robert Higgs, Robert Spillane, Thomas S. SzaszType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Government Power, Terrorism and National Crises


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William F. Shughart Interviewed on Budget & Tax News Podcast
Recorded: Friday, December 24, 2010
Senior Fellow William F. Shughart discusses financial developments at General Motors and Chrysler, the real issues at stake in the TARP debate, and how Obamas bailouts are negatively affecting the limping economy.
Experts: William F. Shughart IIType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Economic Policy
Alex Tabarrok on Economic Growth and Innovation
Recorded: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Originally aired on 12/16/10 on Reckoning America. Alex Tabarrok talks about the global economy and how the story of economic growth is rapidly changing.
Experts: Alexander T. TabarrokType: TelevisionIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Trade
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.
Experts: Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Privatization
Ivan Eland on Russia, Wikileaks, and the START Treaty
Recorded: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Ivan Eland on Al Jazeeras Inside Story discusses what the Wikileaks documents may mean for the future of U.S.-Russia relations and the START Treaty.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Government Secrecy
Emily Skarbek Interviewed on Budget & Tax News Podcast
Recorded: Thursday, December 2, 2010
MyGovCost.org Director and Independent Research Fellow Emily Skarbek was a guest on the Heartland Institutes Budget & Tax News podcast. Click to listen to her commentary on the roots of our current spending crisis, whats at stake in the Congressional budget war, and how to use the Institutes very timely and user-friendly Government Cost Calculator.
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Recorded: Monday, November 29, 2010
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GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a Virginia man has been charged after he led police on a car chase through an Albany suburb, hitting two police vehicles along the way.
Police tell local media outlets that 34-year-old Nathanael David Hallmark of Richmond, Va., was driving in the town of Guilderland Saturday night when he was pulled over by officers, then fled the scene.
Police from Guilderland and Altamont gave chase. Officials say Hallmark drove over spike strips that police had placed at an intersection, but he continued driving and hit two Guilderland police vehicles. He was stopped a short time later.
Police say the charges against him include attempted assault, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and speeding. He's being held in Albany County Jail. It couldn't be determined if he had a lawyer.


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Kim Kardashian gave birth to her baby girl on Saturday. Kanye West was at the hospital at the time. There's no word on a name yet, but supposedly, it'll start with the letter "K." The girl was born five weeks early and she weighed in at less than five pounds, but the baby and Kim are fine.
Kanye West's new album "Yeezus" comes out tomorrow, but the whole thing leaked online over the weekend. Naturally, a lot of fans hit up the torrent sites and music blogs to check it out and those who did already have a favorite lyric. On the track "I Am a God", Kanye raps, "I am a god, so hurry up with my damn message. And a French ass restaurant, hurry up with my damn croissants. I am a god. I am a god. I am a god."
OH! PS...The woman who accused Kanye West of cheating on Kim Kardashian was lying. Leyla Ghobadi is now saying she did have sex with Kanye, but it was before he started dating Kim. There's no word why she made it up, but supposedly, the "Star" tabloid paid her $20,000 for her story.
In a 3-minute long cellphone commercial that aired during Sunday's NBA Finals game, Jay-Z announced that he's releasing a new album, called "Magna Carta Holy Grail," on July 4. The first one million copies will be available for download for free via an app for certain cellphone owners on June 24th. Starting at at midnight on July 4, those cell phone owners will have 72 hours to listen to the album before its released to the general public.
There's video online of Ludacris being jumped at a nightclub in Atlanta on Friday. Some websites said he and his girlfriend were seriously hurt during the throw-down, but he posted a few photos and Vine videos showing otherwise.


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I am honoured to have been asked to judge the British Accountancy Awards in 2011 and 2012. I am a member of the Accountant's Club Global Advisory Panel, and write regularly on practice management issues for CCH.
Myself, and Jon (my co-director) are approved Growth Accelerator Coaches. This means that we can if you are eligible, through the Growth Accelerator scheme, help you get some coaching funded by the scheme. Click here for more details to see whether you are eligible for the scheme.
Read how we have helped one of our accountancy clients access Growth Accelerator funding to grow their turnover by nearly 50% and profits by over 200%
The types of work I am currently helping my small professional practice clients with, includes:
1) Helping a £2m t/o practice grow to £4m by restructuring the firm and helping the management team step up
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The Excedia Group was founded by myself and Jon Baker to bring clarity, perspective and knowledge to help our clients achieve their business goals. We specialise in working with highly technical individuals, typically lawyers and accountants, helping them to get out of their comfort zone and build a profitable and sustainable client portfolio whilst handling the challenges of leading a business.
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My articles & quotes regularly appear in the press, e.g. FT, Guardian, Accountancy Age, Accounting Today, Economia, ACCA's publications. I regularly blog at Partnership Potential, venture-Now, Joined up networking and How to make partner.
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