After Lightroom went subscription-only, I tried all the major alternatives (On1 Photo Raw, DxO PhotoLab, Exposure, Luminar, and the open-source DarkTable and Ra

After Lightroom went subscription-only, I tried all the major alternatives (On1 Photo Raw, DxO PhotoLab, Exposure, Luminar, and the open-source DarkTable and RawTherapee) except Capture One, because the camera-specific versions put me off. I came away disappointed; nothing I tried quite seemed to replace what I was missing with Lightroom. A few months later, I finally decided to demo the Sony version of Capture One, and it clicked instantly.