Capture One 4, which I happen to be my RAW developer of choice came is generally thought to have good image quality output and great ease of use.
The ease of use part I can fully agree with. It is remarkable. But speaking of the IQ I am not so sure anymore. It seems it can't get some purple / pink / reddish tones right from Pentax files, and what is worse, it can't get (caucasian) skin tones right from Pentax files without messing up the rest of the colours in the image.
I have been searching for hints in pentax forums and written their support. No feedback from forums and very unsupportive feedback from PhaseOne support:
"We have not planned any changes in the Pentax colour profiles. Try changing the colour manually and save it as a setting"
Well, doh. The problem is that it doesn't seem possible to get some pinkish tones right without destroying the rest of the colours in the image.
So my question is, one last call for help
, does anyone know how to get pinkish colours right in C1-4 or will I have to shell out almost the same amount again to get Silkypix, which imho has a much less userfriendly UI, needs more work to get the images "right", but when you are finished, the images really look the way they should.