Capture One 12 released. A self-inflicted injury?

[billtils]

Phase One released Capture One 12 yesterday with "new and improved features and upgrade pricing".

The upgrade cost for me to move from V11 is an eye-watering and ludicrous 189GBP, yet another year-on-year increase and I can't even get round it by skipping a year as the upgrade price varies by the "from" version. The real improvements are few in number, and somewhat less than "must have".

It all makes Adobe look like a picture of altruism.

[Manfred M]

Yes; I just upgraded, but I am slowly converting to using C1 as my main raw converter. This software (with its fairly hefty learning curve), is probably the best all round commercial raw convertor on the market. I use if for all of my studio work, where I tend to shoot tethered.

It is an expensive package, but there is the element of getting what one pays for as well.

[billtils]

Yes; I just upgraded, but I am slowly converting to using C1 as my main raw converter. This software (with its fairly hefty learning curve), is probably the best all round commercial raw convertor on the market.

Yes, it has a well-deserved reputation for that but is the raw engine in v12 any different from that in v11? There were a lot of words in the release blurb but not a lot of new/wow/about time elements.