Hi,
C1 also has a subscription model. I would actually choose that model, specially that Phase One was very fast on releasing a new major version within months after my buying a version.
But C1 supports my P45+ for free and their express version is also free for Sony, the other system I use. So, I test C1 from time to time.
Unfortunately, the fact is that learning
best use of a complex program like C1 takes some time. I have used LR since it's inception and now a few tricks.
C1 not supporting competing backs makes sure that users of competing backs don't use C1, except for a few who convert their stuff to DNG and change the camera name from GFX to IQ350.
We may note that Charlie Cramer uses Lightroom in the tutorials. That may be that he prefers Lightroom, but he uses Pentax 645, so C1 does not support his gear.
I think that Capture One is often used for tethered shooting.
What I think is that with the X1D and the GFX medium format has expanded. Hasselblad said somewhere that X1D sales are 6x (or 7X) times H-system sales and the GFX is probably selling well. So, excluding what may be say 90% of the market may not be a smart thing. The market is essentially Team Phase One, Hasselblad, Leica S, Pentax 645, Fuji (GFX). It is to make sure that a low percentage of MFD users use C1.
Best regards
Erik
Your source for this? I know there seems to be a sentiment on this forum that renting software is a bad thing, but I deal with hundreds of customers, the majority of which use Lightroom and started using it because of the low entry point of $10 a month, and the majority of which have never heard of C1.
CC has reached over 12m subscrsibers. This means Adobe has caught up to the number of registered users it had with the last versions of their CS application. I don’t know how many are Lr users vs all of their other apps, but it seems there are plenty of people that have no problem with a very small monthly fee over the substantial constant upgrade costs every 18 months or so.