Comparason of 4 Raw Converters

by Wheelie

EOS 10D

Ef 70-200mm L 2.8

 ISO100 - AWB - In Camera Settings to Normal  

Following picture was converted to JPEG with ACDSee after being converted to 8bit Tiff with the 4 Raw Converters below .

No post processing , resized to 1000x666 and saved at 50% for publishing .Crops are 100% saved at 50% .

Settings for the 4 Raw Converters were standard ( default ) . No preferences applied . No tuning .

For PowerShovel II , I used the author's ' ideal settings ' .  

Get info about these converters here .

Click on the images to see them enlarged .

Conversion times for 1 file :

Adobe Raw Converter :      8"

Breeze Browser         :    19"  

CaptureOne LE          :    29"

PowerShovel II           : 1' 30"

System :  Pentium IV 1.5Ghz

               512 Mb RAM 

Adobe Raw Converter	Breeze Browser	Capture One LE	Power Shovell II