Do you always enable lens profile corrections on every edited photo?
Jul 4, 2019 23:20:53 #
Jul 4, 2019 23:38:33 #
Jul 5, 2019 00:38:13 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
I'm a raw shooter and have lens profile corrections set to be automatically applied to every image I edit. Why wouldn't you want lens distortion corrections applied to each image?
Jul 5, 2019 03:44:29 #
I do it. Each lens has its own little quirks and the profile counters those.
Jul 5, 2019 05:44:29 #
baygolf
Loc: DMV
mwsilvers wrote:
I'm a raw shooter and have lens profile corrections set to be automatically applied to every image I edit. Why wouldn't you want lens distortion corrections applied to each image?
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
Jul 5, 2019 06:31:58 #
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
Yes. It happens automatically on import with a preset that I assigned in Lightroom. When using DXO it attaches the lens profile (if it exists in it's database) automatically as well. In both programs, barrel/pincushion distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting are all addressed.
Jul 5, 2019 06:33:53 #
baygolf wrote:
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
If you are shooting raw, always in post processing. If you are letting the camera produce jpegs, many cameras automatically apply a lens profile for the manufacturer's lenses. By this I mean don't expect a Canon camera to apply a lens profile to a Sigma lens.
Jul 5, 2019 06:54:04 #
Jul 5, 2019 06:56:24 #
baygolf
Loc: DMV
Gene51 wrote:
If you are shooting raw, always in post processing. If you are letting the camera produce jpegs, many cameras automatically apply a lens profile for the manufacturer's lenses. By this I mean don't expect a Canon camera to apply a lens profile to a Sigma lens.
Yes, I shoot raw but I turned off profile correction in camera because I read so where that this slow the camera done in writing files. Instead, I use a preset in Lightroom to apply profile correct to all photos during
import. So my follow-up question does in-camera profile correction apply raw images or just Jpegs?
Jul 5, 2019 06:59:48 #
Always in post as a preset. But on some shots I'll unclick one or another to see the before and after.
Jul 5, 2019 07:15:58 #
No. I like to see the what each image needs. Sometime an auto perfect, is not perfect for a particular need.
Jul 5, 2019 07:24:52 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
baygolf wrote:
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
I have in-camera settings turned on, but, since I shoot raw, the corrections are not carried over when I post process in DXO Photolab. I have PhotoLab set up to automatically apply them when I open a file for editing.
Jul 5, 2019 07:33:25 #
For me, most of the time, no (although I do always like to correct for chromatic aberrations). However, it really depends on the image.
Lens corrections do two things - they knock off vignetting and try to cancel out distortion. However, for my wildlife work I often like a soft vignette and the ones the lens produce can actually add to a photo (my 180-400 in particular does to mind). Second, anytime you push / pull or stretch an image to correct it, you lose just a touch of definition. Maybe not much - and in many cases you may not notice it - but IMO why do it if you don't need it?
That said, if I have an image that looks like it could stand a correction, I try it both ways and pick. If it looks better with the distortion control, I go that route, if it's a wash (or the uncorrected image looks better), I leave it alone. Of course, YMMV depending on what you shoot :)
Lens corrections do two things - they knock off vignetting and try to cancel out distortion. However, for my wildlife work I often like a soft vignette and the ones the lens produce can actually add to a photo (my 180-400 in particular does to mind). Second, anytime you push / pull or stretch an image to correct it, you lose just a touch of definition. Maybe not much - and in many cases you may not notice it - but IMO why do it if you don't need it?
That said, if I have an image that looks like it could stand a correction, I try it both ways and pick. If it looks better with the distortion control, I go that route, if it's a wash (or the uncorrected image looks better), I leave it alone. Of course, YMMV depending on what you shoot :)
Jul 5, 2019 07:59:03 #
I do, but it doesn't make a huge difference. It's available, so I click the box.
Jul 5, 2019 08:11:13 #
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