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Chiado

After Lisbon's artists' quarter

From a full card to your keepers, on an iPad. Chiado imports a Hasselblad X2D II shoot, lets you cull it with your fingers, and develops the picks from the RAW — no laptop.

Apple's own RAW engine, the one Photos and Files use, doesn't develop the X2D II's .3FR files — they show only the camera's 11-megapixel preview (why). Hasselblad's free Phocus Mobile 2 edits them; Chiado is built around the part that takes longest: going through the whole shoot.

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Field notes — experiments and notes from building Chiado

Adjusting an X2D II frame: the photo with its cull bar still on it, beside a histogram, Fix, scene starting points and sliders
Adjust slides the controls in beside the photo, and you can still pick or reject it. Every change is a recipe beside the RAW; the RAW is never written.

What it does now

Culling on an iPad: a full-screen RAW with Reject, Keep, stars and Pick, and a filmstrip
Cull: the photo gets the screen; choosing is one row along the bottom.

Where it is

A private beta on TestFlight, iPad only. It has been built and tested with the X2D II 100C. Other Hasselblads' .3FR files may well open but haven't been tested — which is why the form asks which camera you use.

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One email when there's a build for you. Nothing else is sent, and the address is never shared.

To be taken off the list, or with a question: hello@conorlivingston.com.