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With any new camera the wait for third party developers to support camera RAW files is something of an inevitability. Given the X-Pro1's unconventional sensor architecture it might take even longer than usual. At the time of writing none of the main Raw processing apps - Adobe Camera RAW, Lightroom, Aperture, or Phase One had announced support for the X-Pro1 RAW files. So, for now at least, X-Pro1 owners who want to shoot RAW and do their own developing are limited to using the Silkypix-based RAW File Converter EX application included in the box.

The RAW File Converter EX UI won't impress anyone used to working in Lightroom or other professional applications. The good news is the X-Pro1's in-camera JPEG processing is very good and produces excellent results. As you can see from the crops below, the RAW file processed using the software's default settings looks very similar to the camera JPEG. The third set of crops are from a file that I applied 'Natural' output sharpening to (the demosaic sharpening was left on the default settings for the RAW processed files) and boosted the contrast a little using the 'A little strong contrast' preset. I also applied chromatic aberration correction.

I think this is a slight improvement in sharpness and detail on the in-camera JPEG, though it does look a tiny bit noisier. At the very least it shows that in spite of the excellent quality of the X-Pro1's in camera JPEG processing there's potential for improvement.

Now let's see how they compare at higher sensitivities in my X-Pro1 noise results.