jm76237

I recently attended an on-line Night Photography class by Nikon. Got a lot out of it and recommend the class. The instructor recommended using Nikon’s Capture One over Light Room. He showed pictures (unedited in both cases) imported into both softwares. The Capture One photos looked much better. He claimed LR applied some changes to the photo that Capture didn’t. That surprises me, but the difference in the photo starting out was significant. Thoughts?

marquina Loc: Richmond, Virginia

I have been using Capture One for Nikon for a few months now. It has grown into my main software editor. Highly recommended. Now I hardly ever use LR or Luminar 3 & 4.

jm76237

Also, I would have sworn the guy who gave the class said it was free - not so 10-20/month?

Quixdraw Loc: x

I have it and occasionally use it, though I don't do a great deal of Post work. What is amazing is how much better Nikon photos look on Nikon software. I have never printed from there, but I may give it a try, if it is possible, might solve a minor problem.

lautenk2

Capture One is from Phase One not from Nikon. The version I have, Capture One Pro 20, was not free (there's only a 30-day free trial period). It is offered as either an outright purchase or as a subscription for around $10-20/month. I went the purchase route a few weeks ago when B&H had Capture One Pro discounted to $200 (normally $300), and I'm pretty happy with how well it works (it's fast, and the menus seem to make more sense to me than Photoshop Elements menus). I've been happy enough with the Nikon software I've been using for years (for free), but Capture One is faster and it does more (layers, masks, cloning/healing brush tools for examples) so I recommend it.

There are free versions, called Capture One Express for Fujifilm and Capture One Express for Sony, but they leave out some desirable functions (like tethered capture, and I forget what else) and only work with Fujifilm files or Sony files. The Capture One website doesn't seem to list a Capture One Express for Nikon. They seem to change their website pretty often.

To make their marketing more complicated, Phase One also offers other non-free versions that are full featured, but only work with Fujifilm files, Sony files, or Nikon files. So those versions cost less than the full Pro version, but obviously more than the free versions, and all 3 of those are offered as either a purchase or a subscription.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

It was probably Nikon Capture and not Capture One. If you are happy with duplicating what the camera does in post processing, then Nikon Capture is ok. If you want to take you pictures beyond what Nikon thinks is great there are many excellent programs that can do that.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Nikon Capture NX-D is free: https://www.nikonimgsupport.com/eu/BV_article?articleNo=000006439&configured=1&lang=en_GB

Capture One costs: https://www.captureone.com/en/products-plans/single-user

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Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

A Nikon specific version of Capture One Express is available to Nikon users at no cost. It was released recently.

https://nikonrumors.com/2020/05/22/the-new-capture-one-express-for-nikon-is-available-for-free-breakdown-of-the-different-versions.aspx/

JD750 Loc: SoCal

There is no Nikon Capture One. As noted above there is Nikon Capture and there is Capture One for Nikon. They are two completely different programs made by different companies.

The question is which one did you see in the class?

jm76237

Thanks to all that replied. It was Nikon Capture. I was familiar with Capture One and got the two confused.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

You always get the best raw rendering and from the manufacturers software. The downside is it can be clunky and crash prone.

tcthome Loc: NJ

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

i use both Photoshop and, as of recently, Capture One. I use Capture One for it's ability to handle Lens Color Correction. After that step, it's Ps for the rest. However, I only use it for photos taken with a Phase One sensor.
--Bob

Xpatch Loc: New York, Antigua, GT.

I use capture 1 as it a very good color editor, and the file structure and work space is flexible.

sblutter

I mostly use it when editing B&W's that need some grain. Emulates film grain far better than Photoshop. Helps blacks when printing too