Previously with the X-Trans II sensor (X-T1, X-E2, etc.), it was common to use a small radius of 0.5 and a high detail of 100 which produced relatively good results. Once I identified this problem, I went on the hunt for the optimal Lightroom settings to get a clean raw file. The ‘worm’ problem is a common one with Fuji raw files processed in Lightroom or Camera Raw Adobe has failed to fine tune their raw processor to work with X-Trans files properly due to the different sensor array than most cameras, which have the Bayer array. I failed to adequately examine the files at more than 100% zoom, which at this zoom level the files looked fantastic, at 300% it was a different story. In my review of the Fujifilm X-T2 I remarked that the files were extremely sharp, while commenters pointed out that if you zoom in closely, there were worm looking artifacts and blotchy areas, especially in foliage. I will be writing a post about how I sharpen my X-Trans files now soon, so please subscribe to be notified.

I did not like the results of Iridient after using it for some time. I went back to Lightroom and now only use a small amount of sharpening in Lightroom and finish it off with different sharpening in Photoshop. I didn’t like the way it processed the tonality of the images and I didn’t like the workflow. UPDATE: I have dabbled with many options since I wrote this, I moved to Capture One Pro for a time which produces incredibly sharp results.

Iridient x transformer lightroom plugin