As regular readers know, I'm a Lightroom lover, but I was just curious to see how the two sets of photos looked in comparison to each other. I didn't do any editing or adjustments. These are as shot.
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Lightroom
Canon DPP
Pretty hard to see any difference here. Both look good, which is also a testament to the venerable little Canon G10 and P mode. Yes, I've been shooting the G10 in P mode a lot lately. It just works!
Lightroom
Canon DPP
This one I actually prefer the color rendering a little better on the Lightroom image, but again, it's so close, it's almost hard to tell them apart.
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Going to give the nod to the Canon DPP image on this one, mostly for shadow and mid tones. Again though, I'm splitting hairs. Both the Lightroom and the DPP images are very good and virtually identical.
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Lightroom
Canon DPP
I think I like the Lightroom version of this one a little better for it's slightly warmer colors.
Lightroom
Canon DPP
I think this one goes to Canon DPP by a slight margin as I like the blue rendering a little better than Lightroom's, but again, splitting hairs here.
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Hard to call on this one. You decide. :-)
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Lightroom
Canon DPP
Slight edge to DPP on this one for color, but again, it's so close.
Overall, most of these are really virtually identical. There are subtle differences, but not enough to be identifiable by most people. All the images from both Canon DPP and Lightroom are excellent. I would have no problem using either to develop my Canon G10 RAW files from an image quality standpoint.
That said, the big difference again is that Lightroom is a much faster, much more powerful tool. I wouldn't think twice about it. I'd just use Lightroom and be done with it.
Of course, if you don't own Lightroom and aren't interested in purchasing it, well then this also proves that you won't be losing anything by way of image quality using Canon DPP, even if your workflow takes you a wee bit longer.
I should also mention that at this point, Lightroom has become so much more than just a RAW developer for me. I rarely take my images into Photoshop anymore. Lightroom has so many great tools that I use regularly (i.e. the clone tool, grad filters, vignetting), that I don't need Photoshop for the bulk of my images.
This is a major difference between Canon DPP and Lightroom. You don't get these kind of tools in DPP, so I'd be doing additional work in Photoshop if I was using DPP to develop my RAW files. With Lightroom, it's a one step solution! Not only is Lightroom faster, you can do so much more to finish your images than you can in DPP.
More on the Canon G10...
Shooting the G10 at ISO 800 and ISO 1600
Closeup Pics Using Macro Mode On the Canon G10
Mrs. Ballard Shoots The Canon G10 - Straight Out Of Camera Jpegs
Shooting the Canon G10 With An SB-26 Off Camera Flash
Canon G10 Unboxing & Why I Bought A Canon G10
5 Reasons To Sell Your Canon G10 And Buy A G11
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