SILKYPIX vs PhotoNinja fine detail (X-T1 with 50-140)

[RadBadTad]

Attached are two screen shots of the same X-T1 RAF file at 100% magnification. One is the file open in the most up-to-date version of the Fuji raw processor "Powered by SILKYPIX" (downloaded from the Fuji support site), the other is the file in Photo Ninja. 

 

With my RAF files, I have now tried Lightroom 5, Lightroom 6.1, Iridient, Capture One, Photo Ninja, and SilkyPix. Lightroom 5 is by far the worst, in terms of fine detail. Lightroom 6.1, Capture One, Iridient, and SilkyPix seem to be right on the same level to me, and the dramatic stand-out for me is Photo Ninja (in terms of fine detail, and film-like highlight recovery)

 

With P.N. the colors are harder to work with, and don't look as pleasing as easily as they do with something more robust like Lightroom or Capture One. For colors and skin tones, I still find Lightroom and Capture One to be the best. This COULD be because I'm very used to using Lightroom, and have only used PN sporadically because I only use it when I really want super fine detail from my images. 

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[Mariuccio]

With a different Post Production results are the same. 

 

[RadBadTad]

Did you take the first screen shot and edit it to match the second, detail wise? Because I tried, and couldn't get anywhere close, with the raw file, and definitely not with the screenshot I posted. If you did, I'd love to learn your magic.