Fujifilm RAW files conversion

Couple weeks ago Adobe announced Lightroom 4.2 and Camera Raw 7.2 Final Releases. I tested them to see if there any improvement for Fuji RAF files. I took a shot of a leafy scene with image quality F+RAW and image size L3:2. RAF file was converted using three methods:  ACR 7.2, in camera and Silkypix. OOC jpeg is posted as is.

After careful inspection and comparison I came to conclusion that, unfortunately, ACR 7.2 didn't address the issues with "water color, smearing" effect. OOC and In-camera converted files are identical. Silkypix still produces more natural colors and resolution/details.

Thanks,
vkphoto

X-PRO 1 RAW file processing

As you all aware there is an issue with with X-PRO 1 raw files. Lightroom creates a watercolor effect and provided Silkypix converter creates washed out images and it is too cumbersome to use. But  I was and still am extremely happy with OOC jpeg files. Images are clean, colorful and sharp.
Today I tried a new workflow published by Kinematic Digit on Flickr and it works really well. Here is my comparison:

01_JPG.tif  - OOC jpeg
02_RAF_KD.tif  - raw file converted using KD's method
03_RAF_LR.tif - raw file converted with LR standard settings
04_RAF_SP.tif - raw file converted with Silkypix

Results are very good but I still can't still justify an extra work.

Cheers,

vkphoto