Am I the only one that has issues with Capture One? Most of the files get imported, but some of them are badly imported, like having a very purple tone or something like that.
To be honest I have created so many presets, invested so much time on LR, that it would be hard for me to switch so easily to another software

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TimMBGreen

Participating Frequently

No import errors with Capture One Pro here so far, but I've only been testing it since the weekend. However, I have used it on a lot of XT3 and XT20 files without issue, both RAF and JPG.

alessiomichelini

Participant

I did some test shots this weekend and I had some strange results, I even tried Luminar, just for the sake to open files, and some files open some others don't...

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MCB1975

Participating Frequently

I have exactly the same issue with my XT3.

Presumably if I shoot in JPEG rather than RAW, Lightroom will be able to process the JPEG files out of the camera? (I can test this of course, just wondered if anyone had tried it).

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BastianKlein

Participant

Yes, that’s gonna work. The JPEG sooc is a no brainer for Lightroom here.

You May want to go with Capture One for Fuji Express for a while. It’s free of charge and allows basic adjustments for your Fuji RAW from the X-T3.

Having said this, I fell in love and just started evaluating C1 Pro as it seems to me to handle Fuji RAW much more better than Lr does/did since I started using it.

Sorry to say, as I really like the Adobe Ecosystem!!!

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johnskewes

Participating Frequently

Hello-

Lightroom is the wrong tool to use for Fujiflim RAW files - even if LR could interpret them.

Lightroom is notorious for making a meat pie out of Fuji files - horrible in fact.

Save yourself a lot of angst and read Thomas Fitzgerald's excellent article.

https://blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2017/3/updated-iridient-x-transformer-settings

After reading the article, purchase Iridient X-Transformer (X - for Fuji-X Iridient has transformers for other brands too.)

Iridient X-Transformer costs $29 and can be used on 2 computers.

Personally I don't care if Adobe EVER supports Fuji RAW - there are a number of other programs that do a much better job.

LR is a great product - use it after you have converted to DNG.

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owen-b

Known Participant

Depends *entirely* on what sort of photography you're doing, John.

Trust me I’ve read everything about LR, Iridient, C1, everything, and all of TF’s great articles.

Unfortunately that tool is completely unsuitable for my work. As a wedding and event photographer I am working with hundreds and hundreds of culled raw files at a time. Converting an XT3 raf to dng almost quadruples the size of each file. Multiply that by say 500 minimum, more like 700, and easily 900 before a final cull during the editing process, and it’s generating a completely impractical amount of data for me to store. I'd say I'd end up with at least 3-4TB of data per year to store, whereas with raf files it's just 1TB on average.

Also, hate to say it, but I’ve tried a bunch of Iridient settings and to be honest at the size my clients are viewing and printing their files the difference, while occasionally noticeable at 100% if you know where to look, doesn’t warrant the extra storage space I’d need to invest in.

So, it's almost definitely worth it for the hobbyist, and for professionals who work with a very limited number of finished files per shoot where the small, localised improvements Iridient makes in very specific areas of the image are part and parcel of the work they're delivering. But not for me.

And frankly, LR really isn't as bad as you make out. It absolutely isn't "a meat pie, horrible in fact".

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johnskewes

Participating Frequently

Hi - I totally understand...
Yes - if you turn sharpening off it's okay. And yes, I fall under the category of hobbyist/professional and do not handle the number of files you do. I've used LR for some time, and gotten good results, but using other means to handle the RAFs, prior to LR, has given me better (more pleasing to me) results with fewer steps and less fussing.
Thanks for calling BS on me as needed!!...there's always more than one way...
/john

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owen-b

Known Participant

Like others say Iridient X Transformer will covert the raws to dng for you to open in LR, but: bear in mind the dng will be around three or four times the size of the raw file, not smaller, due to the mosaiced method Fuji uses to encode the RGB data in their raw files; and none of the Fuji film simulations will be available for the dng in LR because LR still doesn’t have any X-T3 profiles yet.

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dpmentor

Participant

SO I tried everything last night to open my new XT3 raw files. Even Adobe's DNG converter doesn't recognize them yet. Fuji's software does but I'm not going there.

However - one software DID open them. Guess which one? Scroll down for the answer . . .

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Luminar by Skylum - it opened my XT3 files no problems!

John Waller

Community Expert

Luminar by Skylum - it opened my XT3 files no problems!

Interesting.

Even Luminar's own documentation does not list the X-T3 as being supported yet.

https://media.macphun.com/uploads/uploads/luminar/Supported_cameras_Luminar_2018_121.pdf

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dpmentor

Participant

yeah the colors were a little funky but it DID open it

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TandemBob

Participating Frequently

You can buy Iridient X-transformer which converts your X-T3 RAF files to DNG. Program coast $29.95

John Waller

Correct answer

Community Expert

Lightroom does not yet support the X-T3. It will soon.

Cameras supported by Camera Raw

Fuji XT-3 RAW files

You'll have to use Fujifilm's own software until support is added to Lightroom.

FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO Ver.1.3.0 Installer for Mac | Fujifilm Global

obscurity7

Participant

I've never been on the cutting edge of a brand new camera before, so I don't know what "soon" means. How long does it usually take for Camera Raw to get the update after a new release?

JP Hess

Inspiring

Nothing official here, but I'm guessing it will be 4-6 weeks before the next Camera Raw update.

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