Hi Jack,
That's somewhat to be expected, if the data has very little noise. But there's also a role to be played by the Raw converter. After all, the 14-bit Raw data has yet to be demosaiced, and that can/should be done in 16-bit per Channel, or even in floating-point numbers (reals instead of integers).
For a commercial product the market size an issue, but it's also possible to contribute to an initiative like e.g. RawTherapee.
Cheers,
Bart
Bart, you have several good points there.
I have tried several of the converters but have not found one that just clicked with me.
Given: Luminar is of no interest to me, any more than chewing bubble gum at dinner is.
Lightroom (CS6) is getting a little old for me. (I do not like "subscription software, whether it is Cloud based or not so CS6 is where I get off the Adobe train.)
I have just again updated my C1 software for the GFX as they had a promotion and I had not played with it in a couple of years. But, I don't find that exactly what I want either.
Phocus from Hassie - did use that for many years back when I was shooting the H series, up through the H5D 50.
You have a great point on RAWTherapy - I tried the free trial but lost almost all of the trial time to a health issue that flared up! I think it had some potential but a steep learning curve if one wants to master all it offers. Do you feel that is a valid assessment of it?
Jack