Talk about challenging your preconceptions… I've been evaluating #RapidRaw for the last few days.
On the plus side, the (lone and young) dev really seems to know his stuff. He is obviously a photographer himself, with inside knowledge about how (many) photographers tick and what they need. The thing is really fast, beautiful, and intuitive. (and it even manages to correctly read and process Sigma Foveon DNG images – something that's been broken in #darktable for years now).
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#photography
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