When my wife and I present our work we get more questions about paper used but secondly we get asked about how and in what software we processed it? Capture One will take off when the word gets out and it is getting used more but that is not happening. Take a look at Affinity and see what can be had for £50 and then get your marketing guys and business modellers to see if Capture Ones licensing models will be sustainable? Unfortunately I doubt it. Capture One will continue to be niche software with low take up and the subscription model is a non-starter for most.

It just is not going to happen and talking to many other photographers they are of the same mind and opinion. But are we expected to buy at least 2 licences and maybe many more? Yes a purchased Capture One licence is 'user' based and allows 2 installs.

We both have a powerful desktop PC as well as a laptop and a tablet each. In my household both my wife and I are enthusiast photographers, indeed we have presented our work to other photographic clubs. Let me be clear here, Capture One is not cheap and in an age where both cheaper alternatives are available and software generally has become much much cheaper, Capture One and its licence policy is rather an anachronism.

There is still a towering elephant in the room. The interface is rather obscure and esoteric but its functionality is coming to me (slowly). However now Capture One have released a free Express version for Nikon myself and a few others have taken a closer look. I am certain others will have posted on this subject already.

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