Do you always enable lens profile corrections on every edited photo?
Jul 5, 2019 08:44:09 #
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
Yes. I prefer stationary goal posts
Jul 5, 2019 09:04:45 #
Jul 5, 2019 09:55:15 #
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
Yes. Lens correction as well as horizon leveling are the first steps to my post production work flow for all my images. Capturing the image is only half of the process needed to create a great image.
- Drew
Jul 5, 2019 10:22:48 #
usually, YES.
That said, a very severe distortion correction will very slightly soften the pushed pixels, so if critical sharpness is needed and I think I can live with a little barrelling at the edges, etc, I may unclick the box.
Also, sometimes the auto de-fringing is not adequate, so i will turn that off and very carefully dial in the exact color range and amount of fringe correction i need.
That said, a very severe distortion correction will very slightly soften the pushed pixels, so if critical sharpness is needed and I think I can live with a little barrelling at the edges, etc, I may unclick the box.
Also, sometimes the auto de-fringing is not adequate, so i will turn that off and very carefully dial in the exact color range and amount of fringe correction i need.
Jul 5, 2019 10:39:54 #
baygolf wrote:
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
On Lumix cameras, the camera does it for JPEGs made in the camera with Lumix lenses. I use Lightroom to do it when I process raw files.
Jul 5, 2019 12:18:13 #
Jul 5, 2019 12:27:23 #
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
It's the first thing I do in PP with one occasional exception; pictures taken with my macro lens (Tamron 90) have virtually no distortion and need no correction. I'm guessing that is true with most macro lenses.
Jul 5, 2019 12:40:29 #
John_F wrote:
What is a “lens profile”? New term to me. Experts fill in, pls.
Every lens has quirks, tiny distortions etc. A "lens profile" is a set of corrections for those things. Some cameras will do it in camera for jpegs - but it slows things down. LR etc have a huge inventory of lens profiles for many major brands and models of lenses.
I always apply the profiles in LR. Then any thing (like vignettes) that I want I can do myself.
Jul 5, 2019 13:12:28 #
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robertjerl wrote:
Every lens has quirks, tiny distortions etc. A "lens profile" is a set of corrections for those things. Some cameras will do it in camera for jpegs - but it slows things down. LR etc have a huge inventory of lens profiles for many major brands and models of lenses.
I always apply the profiles in LR. Then any thing (like vignettes) that I want I can do myself.
I always apply the profiles in LR. Then any thing (like vignettes) that I want I can do myself.
DXO PhotoLab has thousands of Lens/Camera combination profiles. I'm not sure why the cameras have to be part of their profiles but its the way they do it.
Jul 5, 2019 13:20:47 #
That’s what I was thinking. It just never occurred to me before. All good replies. Thank you.
Jul 5, 2019 13:45:25 #
fotoman150 wrote:
I've only been doing it on real estate shots. How important is it for all shots?
Yes, I enable lens profile corrections on every image as they are imported into Lightroom. It does make a difference, especially on my Rokinon 14mm.
Jul 5, 2019 13:50:33 #
Vince68 wrote:
Yes, I enable lens profile corrections on every image as they are imported into Lightroom. It does make a difference, especially on my Rokinon 14mm.
Does that preset come with LR or do you have to download it?
Jul 5, 2019 14:01:07 #
fotoman150 wrote:
Does that preset come with LR or do you have to download it?
I did not download it. Normally, with my Nikon lenses, when I click the two boxes to enable the lens corrections, it automatically displays my Nikon lens. When using the Rokinon, what I had to do besides check the boxes to enable the corrections, was scroll down through the list of lenses, was click on Rokinon, and then it enabled the correction.
Jul 11, 2019 22:44:13 #
baygolf wrote:
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
In PP. applying it in camera can substantially slow down the burst rate.
Jul 12, 2019 00:25:51 #
baygolf wrote:
Quick question - where do you perform profile corrections: in camera or post-processing?
If shooting raw in-camera profiles do not affect the raw file, if shooting jpeg they do.
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