Is Capture One a good alternative to LR?

First of all I would like to say hello, as this is my first post here.

Hi, I use LR for a few years now. Recently, I downloaded trail of Capture one, and I found that it is very well done. Now, I am bit confused with my preferences, I stay with LR or move to Capture One? Big advantage for me, it's that in C1, there is no need to import pictures to the catalog (is there a catalog at all). Can you describe your experience working with the two applications over time please?

First: SereneMajestic seems to have zero knowledge on Capture One - you can ignore his position...

I have both LR and CO

CO is about 10,000 times faster than LR in each task. It's like a family car against a Ferrari.

This is one of my big questions I have with LR. 1:1 rendering for example is agonizing slow in LR. 1000 pictures to take several hours. In CO 15 minutes...

CO has not built in digital management engine. These functions are more basic.

However, you do not really miss catalog stuff, because it manages files RAW/JPG 100,000 without flinching.

Integration of CO in PhotoShop is quite poor. PS plugins cannot be used in CO at all, which makes me sick - I like the NIK plugins.

CO or better Phase One recently acquired Microsoft Expression Media - old iView - it is one of the best (affordable) media management systems out there. It is now well integrated on CO. This tandem will give Adobe some serious headaches, particularly in the European market. LR and bridge cannot compete with that

Image quality is as good as with LR IMHO. CO support team is very good and they respond very quickly also. However, the community around the world is much smaller. They also have a very unique allocation policy.

I'd download the trial for the CO and the new Media Pro and give it a whirl.

I'll stick with LR, hoping for version 4. If Adobe can improve performance, I could use CO more often again...

Hope that helps.

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