So it seems I was wrong (hardly an unusual situation).

Shortly after I wrote the last article, I noted on the Fuji Rumors site that the Silkipix-based imaging software, which has been the traditional free offering for Fujifilm, not only still exists, but has had an upgrade to handle the X-T30.

This confuses me.  I’m not sure why two companies, particularly Phase One, the developers of Capture One, who competes with Fujifilm in medium format, would offer free software to Fujifilm users.  Nonetheless, both are available.

It’s possible that Phase One feels that if Fuji users are exposed to its raw conversion benefits, they will opt for the full package, rather than continue with Adobe.

Fujifilm Raw Converter EX 3.0, like its previous versions, converts X-Trans files very nicely, on a par with the better offerings from other companies.  It’s just always seemed inconvenient, mainly because the workflow for most of us who use either Adobe or other more popular products, up has always seemed somewhat counterintuitive.  If I were a new Fujifilm owner, who wishes to shoot raw, but has not yet invested in one of the expensive software solutions, Capture One Express, and/or the Fujifilm Raw File Converter both work very well, once you become accustomed to them.

For many people, particularly the people that aren’t yet working in layers/masks, they could be all the software that you need.