Anyone have some advice?
I would prefer to edit RAWs in lightroom, for me it is much more user friendly and some functions I find better like local adjustment auto brushing etc.
Have you done any formal training on Capture One?
I'd agree it's less intuitive, and has more rough edges. But once you've tweaked it out and learned all the tricks it's significantly more flexible (layout/workflow/output), more powerful (minuteness of adjustments possible, range of tools available) and, in my experience, faster for most clients.
And as you've noticed it also has a well earned stellar reputation for image quality, and color rendition, amongst most of this forum (with notable exceptions like Keith Reeder).
As one of many examples the noise reduction in Capture One is split into four controls, "Luminance" "Color" "Single Pixel" and "Surface". This, along with better underlying algorithms, especially regarding the response of medium format sensors, allows you to get much better results in a desired area (e.g. "single pixels") without having to sacrifice in other areas (e.g. overall luminance noise reduction).
Capture One webinars like ours are available internationally.
