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Far and away the best photo and media mangement software I've ever used by at least two orders of magnitude, and reasonalbe license cost and generous free tier.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo management and editing", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 783967889, "item_id": 48997993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997993", "by": "whyenot", "date": "2026-07-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Yes there are alternative to Lightroom out there (Capture One, for example)", "excerpt": "Bring. Back. Aperture!!! Yes there are alternative to Lightroom out there (Capture One, for example), but Aperture was so Mac native and was such a joy to use on OS X.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is a slow library that struggles with large catalogs of RAW files.", "cites": [{"id": 785650016, "item_id": 49103126, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults", "excerpt": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults, and specifically for supports Phase One backs better than anything else. I have not done a scientific study or anything comparing the outputs (maybe I should!), but it\u2019s just really good at producing gorgeous photos. 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Far and away the best photo and media mangement software I've ever used by at least two orders of magnitude, and reasonalbe license cost and generous free tier.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo management and editing", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "Darktable"}]}, {"label": "Pleasant interface", "summary": "Described as nicer and gentler to use than Lightroom or DxO PhotoLab.", "quotes": [{"id": 801426624, "item_id": 50089164, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089164", "by": "dofm", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "why Capture One or even Apple Photos feel nicer and more gentle to use than Lightroom or even DxO PhotoLab", "excerpt": "> Maybe the agents know this so don't bother putting too much effort in? Perhaps it is much more basic: the words to describe really good user interfaces are inadequate to the task, and they are often emotional/psychological in nature. For example, look at how Mac enthusiasts talk about interfaces, talking about \"delight\", \"surprise\", \"subtlety\" on the positive side, \"janky\", \"crass\", etc. on the negative. Even if an", "context": "", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software"}, {"id": 785571328, "item_id": 49098208, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098208", "by": "kkukshtel", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend people try out Capture One.", "excerpt": "I highly recommend people try out Capture One. After using Lightroom for years, switching to Capture One a few years ago felt like someone turned the lights on. Far and away the best photo and media mangement software I've ever used by at least two orders of magnitude, and reasonalbe license cost and generous free tier.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo management and editing", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "Darktable"}]}, {"label": "Camera support", "summary": "Credited with strong handling of Phase One backs and Sony files.", "quotes": [{"id": 785650016, "item_id": 49103126, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults", "excerpt": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults, and specifically for supports Phase One backs better than anything else. I have not done a scientific study or anything comparing the outputs (maybe I should!), but it\u2019s just really good at producing gorgeous photos. Media management though is IMO much worse than Lightroom? No keyword search, the catalog gets extremely slow over 10k images, an", "context": "photographer with 40k RAWs, Phase One user", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 765220209, "item_id": 47826263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826263", "by": "shrubble", "date": "2026-04-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you use Sony cameras, you should check out Capture One, which (last I tested) has a deft touch with Sony files.", "excerpt": "Adobe lost me when I got a deal on Lightroom, installed it, and edited an image. Then I went to look at the image on my drive, and it wasn't there. LR had uploaded it and deleted it from my hard drive! They broke faith with me with that action, I deleted LR and have never touched it since. If you use Sony cameras, you should check out Capture One, which (last I tested) has a deft touch with Sony files.", "context": "Sony camera user", "use_case": "editing Sony camera files", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Library performance", "summary": "The catalog reportedly slows over 10k images and can't handle 40k RAWs.", "quotes": [{"id": 785650016, "item_id": 49103126, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults", "excerpt": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults, and specifically for supports Phase One backs better than anything else. I have not done a scientific study or anything comparing the outputs (maybe I should!), but it\u2019s just really good at producing gorgeous photos. Media management though is IMO much worse than Lightroom? No keyword search, the catalog gets extremely slow over 10k images, an", "context": "photographer with 40k RAWs, Phase One user", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 764175568, "item_id": 47760973, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760973", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-04-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws", "excerpt": "Wow, this looks incredible- Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws, and with Lightroom, edits seem slightly worse. The cinematic color grading seems super cool, can\u2019t wait to give this a try.", "context": "has a 40k RAW library", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor"}]}, {"label": "Media management", "summary": "One user says it lacks keyword search and camera or lens filters, so they manage files in another app.", "quotes": [{"id": 785650016, "item_id": 49103126, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults", "excerpt": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults, and specifically for supports Phase One backs better than anything else. I have not done a scientific study or anything comparing the outputs (maybe I should!), but it\u2019s just really good at producing gorgeous photos. Media management though is IMO much worse than Lightroom? No keyword search, the catalog gets extremely slow over 10k images, an", "context": "photographer with 40k RAWs, Phase One user", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}]}, {"label": "Price", "summary": "One occasional user calls 390 EUR / 450 USD without updates a lot for light use.", "quotes": [{"id": 785643808, "item_id": 49102738, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102738", "by": "Mashimo", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It's 390 EUR / 450 USD for a software without updates that I use a couple of times privately per year.", "excerpt": "It's 390 EUR / 450 USD for a software without updates that I use a couple of times privately per year. I'm not proud of it. But I'm also not really ashamed.", "context": "occasional private user", "use_case": "private RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}]}, {"label": "No Linux", "summary": "It isn't available on Linux.", "quotes": [{"id": 745223473, "item_id": 46576467, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576467", "by": "erghjunk", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Linux unfortunately does not support my preferred (which I use semi-professionally) photo software, either (Capture One).", "excerpt": "I tried it (PopOS) on my old gaming laptop. It worked when it worked but when it didn't, it REALLY didn't. Linux unfortunately does not support my preferred (which I use semi-professionally) photo software, either (Capture One). Linux desktop feels like nuclear power to me - I've tried switching many many times over the last 20 years and it's just never quite there. I even use a lot of the open source solutions for o", "context": "semi-professional photographer", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}]}, {"label": "Slow innovation", "summary": "One user says it has not been innovating and feels slow.", "quotes": [{"id": 764175568, "item_id": 47760973, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760973", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-04-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws", "excerpt": "Wow, this looks incredible- Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws, and with Lightroom, edits seem slightly worse. The cinematic color grading seems super cool, can\u2019t wait to give this a try.", "context": "has a 40k RAW library", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor"}]}], "who": [{"by": "buildbot", "context": "photographer with 40k RAWs, Phase One user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "date": "2026-07-29"}, {"by": "Mashimo", "context": "occasional private user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102738", "date": "2026-07-29"}, {"by": "shrubble", "context": "Sony camera user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826263", "date": "2026-04-19"}, {"by": "erghjunk", "context": "semi-professional photographer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576467", "date": "2026-01-11"}], "tags": ["for Lightroom switchers", "for Sony shooters", "for Phase One users", "for serious photographers"], "use_cases": ["photo editing", "raw photo editing", "private raw photo editing", "photo management and editing", "editing sony camera files"], "compared": [{"slug": "adobe-lightroom", "name": "Adobe Lightroom", "co": 7, "switched_from": 3, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096654", "title": "Darktable", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50059523", "title": "AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958850", "title": "ArtCraft Apps \u2013 open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996211", "title": "Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824403", "title": "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760529", "title": "DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"warn": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 2, "recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 801426624, "item_id": 50089164, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089164", "by": "dofm", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "why Capture One or even Apple Photos feel nicer and more gentle to use than Lightroom or even DxO PhotoLab", "excerpt": "> Maybe the agents know this so don't bother putting too much effort in? 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For example, Lightroom is not without its faults but photographers will switch to Capture One and delay leaving the suite so they don't have to relearn everything at once. Some of those photographers then use their new baseline familiarity with Capture One to test out Affinity for further edits. ", "context": "", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "ArtCraft Apps \u2013 open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust"}, {"id": 785650016, "item_id": 49103126, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103126", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults", "excerpt": "Capture One in my opinion has much higher output quality, better defaults, and specifically for supports Phase One backs better than anything else. I have not done a scientific study or anything comparing the outputs (maybe I should!), but it\u2019s just really good at producing gorgeous photos. Media management though is IMO much worse than Lightroom? No keyword search, the catalog gets extremely slow over 10k images, an", "context": "photographer with 40k RAWs, Phase One user", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 785643808, "item_id": 49102738, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49102738", "by": "Mashimo", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It's 390 EUR / 450 USD for a software without updates that I use a couple of times privately per year.", "excerpt": "It's 390 EUR / 450 USD for a software without updates that I use a couple of times privately per year. I'm not proud of it. But I'm also not really ashamed.", "context": "occasional private user", "use_case": "private RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 785571328, "item_id": 49098208, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49098208", "by": "kkukshtel", "date": "2026-07-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I highly recommend people try out Capture One.", "excerpt": "I highly recommend people try out Capture One. After using Lightroom for years, switching to Capture One a few years ago felt like someone turned the lights on. Far and away the best photo and media mangement software I've ever used by at least two orders of magnitude, and reasonalbe license cost and generous free tier.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo management and editing", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "Darktable"}, {"id": 783967889, "item_id": 48997993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48997993", "by": "whyenot", "date": "2026-07-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Yes there are alternative to Lightroom out there (Capture One, for example)", "excerpt": "Bring. Back. Aperture!!! Yes there are alternative to Lightroom out there (Capture One, for example), but Aperture was so Mac native and was such a joy to use on OS X.", "context": "", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple has decided to compete for creativity app users"}, {"id": 765220209, "item_id": 47826263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826263", "by": "shrubble", "date": "2026-04-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you use Sony cameras, you should check out Capture One, which (last I tested) has a deft touch with Sony files.", "excerpt": "Adobe lost me when I got a deal on Lightroom, installed it, and edited an image. Then I went to look at the image on my drive, and it wasn't there. LR had uploaded it and deleted it from my hard drive! They broke faith with me with that action, I deleted LR and have never touched it since. If you use Sony cameras, you should check out Capture One, which (last I tested) has a deft touch with Sony files.", "context": "Sony camera user", "use_case": "editing Sony camera files", "switched_from": "Lightroom", "story": "The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe"}, {"id": 764175568, "item_id": 47760973, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760973", "by": "buildbot", "date": "2026-04-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws", "excerpt": "Wow, this looks incredible- Capture One has really not been innovating, is slow, the library can\u2019t handle 40k raws, and with Lightroom, edits seem slightly worse. The cinematic color grading seems super cool, can\u2019t wait to give this a try.", "context": "has a 40k RAW library", "use_case": "RAW photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor"}, {"id": 745223473, "item_id": 46576467, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576467", "by": "erghjunk", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Linux unfortunately does not support my preferred (which I use semi-professionally) photo software, either (Capture One).", "excerpt": "I tried it (PopOS) on my old gaming laptop. It worked when it worked but when it didn't, it REALLY didn't. Linux unfortunately does not support my preferred (which I use semi-professionally) photo software, either (Capture One). Linux desktop feels like nuclear power to me - I've tried switching many many times over the last 20 years and it's just never quite there. I even use a lot of the open source solutions for o", "context": "semi-professional photographer", "use_case": "photo editing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}]}