Fuji Difficulty with Xpro2 raw files and opinions needed.

[Lightmancer]

Fuji co-operates fully with Adobe, Adobe co-operates less than fully with Fuji.

Just sayin'...

 

[Grokgod]

Fuji co-operates fully with Adobe, Adobe co-operates less than fully with Fuji.

Just sayin'...

Agreed, sadly I can do nothing about that except, accept it and look at the results.

 

[Lightmancer]

Have you tried ON1? People speak highly of it. ON1 Photo RAW – ON1, Inc.

 

[SnapDawg]

I've been shooting X-Trans cameras for a couple years now and second what most folks and reviewers perceive - there's a certain 'Fuji look' and it's not only about the colors or the glass.
I don't care too much for SOOC jpgs, no matter what brand, have tried most of the available RAW converters for X-Trans (and X-Rite to generate my own profiles) but whatever I tried the results still look different from what I get from my Sonys or ex-Canons, especially at 100% or higher magnifications (I'm not much of a pixel-peeper though).
Heck, at the end of the day it all boils down to personal preferences and compromises - there's no 'perfect' camera/system. I'll continue to use (and enjoy) my X-Trans bricks for personal documentary stuff and won't sell my remaining Fuji gear anytime soon, but will use my Sonys with legacy glass for some long-term projects that involve huge prints.

 

[rayvonn]

I have tried Iridient it adds far too much noise.
and not enough quality.

Just convert to tiff 'as is' then use LR.

 

[Lightmancer]

I wrote this a startling 8 years ago... Rangefound: Sharp is not the only fruit

 

[drd1135]

I've been shooting X-Trans cameras for a couple years now and second what most folks and reviewers perceive - there's a certain 'Fuji look' and it's not only about the colors or the glass.
I don't care too much for SOOC jpgs, no matter what brand, have tried most of the available RAW converters for X-Trans (and X-Rite to generate my own profiles) but whatever I tried the results still look different from what I get from my Sonys or ex-Canons, especially at 100% or higher magnifications (I'm not much of a pixel-peeper though).
Heck, at the end of the day it all boils down to personal preferences and compromises - there's no 'perfect' camera/system. I'll continue to use (and enjoy) my X-Trans bricks for personal documentary stuff and won't sell my remaining Fuji gear anytime soon, but will use my Sonys with legacy glass for some long-term projects that involve huge prints.

This. If your personal preferences lead you to the altar of sharpness, Fuji may not be your brand. I love the look of the images but, at least with the current crop of raw converters, they don't deliver that clinical sharpness I see with Olympus cameras. (I've always believed that Mu43 systems have been optimized for sharpness.) Fuji has taken a bit of a broader view of what constitutes IQ and it produces a distinctive look.