Lens Profiles in LR or PS: I recently bought a Canon 15-85 EFS lens for use with my 40D. I know the lens has some chromatic aberration and distortion but as they always seem to say...

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Lens Profiles in LR or PS

Aug 11, 2014 08:52:37 #

wkocken Loc: McGregor, MN

I recently bought a Canon 15-85 EFS lens for use with my 40D. I know the lens has some chromatic aberration and distortion but as they always seem to say, "it's easy to fix in Lightroom". Well I am very disappointed to find that LR doesn't have a lens profile for this lens. I could not find one available for download and I looked at the process for creating one and it is well beyond my skill set.

I like this lens, but I want to get the most out of it. What are my options for quickly fixing CA and and distortion if LR doesn't have a lens profile available?

Aug 11, 2014 08:59:51 #

tommyf Loc: Vero Beach, FL

wkocken wrote:

I recently bought a Canon 15-85 EFS lens for use w... (show quote)

Lens Profiling is available in LR5.......one of the upgrades in this version.

Aug 11, 2014 09:12:31 #

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

wkocken wrote:

I recently bought a Canon 15-85 EFS lens for use w... (show quote)

I looked in the list of lenses under the "Lens Corrections" section in the Lightroom Develop Module and the the lens is listed there.

Perhaps you are not using the box correctly --- make sure that you have the "profile" section highlighted and that "enable lens corrections" is checked under that and it will all be corrected for you.

Aug 11, 2014 09:22:06 #

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

I am running LR 3.6 and your lens is indeed listed. I found it in the develop module, Lens Correction, Profile (Enable Profile Corrections ticked), Make=Canon, Model=Canon EF-S 18-55 (2/3 way down the list)

If I have it with this version then you should definitely have it in a newer version. :thumbup:

Aug 11, 2014 10:23:15 #

wkocken Loc: McGregor, MN

I have the 15-85, not the 18-55, but nevertheless I will check again when I get home. This website seems to indicate that it is there so maybe I just missed it.
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/lens-profile-support-lightroom-4.html
I'm running the latest version, 5.6, so I'm optimistic!
Thanks!

Aug 11, 2014 11:31:31 #

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

Sorry about the brain fart, the 15-85 is also there 3 up from the 18-55. Again that's on LR version 3.6. :lol:

Aug 11, 2014 14:42:14 #

wkocken Loc: McGregor, MN

Peter,
Heaven knows I have plenty of brain farts, too. 15-85 looks an awful lot like 18-55. All you need to do is swap an 8 and a 5. I'm guessing that's why I missed seeing my lens listed in LR in the first place.

Aug 11, 2014 15:12:50 #

big-guy Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada

Glad you found it. Have a good one. :)

Aug 12, 2014 08:49:28 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

wkocken wrote:

I recently bought a Canon 15-85 EFS lens for use w... (show quote)

If you shoot in raw, you will have lots of lens choices.

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