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M10 and Lightroom Lens Correction


LesT

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Hello,

 

I've got a question regarding the lens correction facility in Lightroom and the "lens correction" that is done in the M10.

 

If I'm understanding the information from Leica, the M10 is designed to give the best images from M lens than any other camera.  Within Lightroom a list of lenses are available under the Lens Correction section of the Development module.

 

My question is - should we be using Lightroom correction or just use the DNG images directly from the camera as our starting point for development.

 

This was also relevant for other digital Ms but the Leica statement made me question my Lightroom import settings. I've not done any detailed testing of images with or without the correction. Taking it at face value.

 

Anyone got an understanding of the what should be good practice.

 

Regards,

   Les

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With the M10, Lightroom applies (ie activates) lens correction automatically (this didn't happen with my M9 or M240). IMHO it is good practice too apply lens correction when working in Lightroom. Of course, you don't have to.....though that would mean tolerating the distortion characteristic of each lens you are using.

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Go into develop mode with an M10 image selected, click 'reset' which will put it back to the default importing settings for that camera type assuming you do not auto apply any developer presets on import.

Turn off lens correction, then hold 'Option' on a Mac or 'Alt' I think in Windows and the reset button changes, click it and overwrite the default. In preferences you can also configure defaults base on camera serial number, thus have different settings for one M10 to another. You can also set it on. ISO base, thus configure different defaults for images set to 100 ISO then to 6400 ISO.

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Go into develop mode with an M10 image selected, click 'reset' which will put it back to the default importing settings for that camera type assuming you do not auto apply any developer presets on import.

Turn off lens correction, then hold 'Option' on a Mac or 'Alt' I think in Windows and the reset button changes, click it and overwrite the default. In preferences you can also configure defaults base on camera serial number, thus have different settings for one M10 to another. You can also set it on. ISO base, thus configure different defaults for images set to 100 ISO then to 6400 ISO.

 

 

Thanks! I didn't realize this option was available. fixed.

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How do you make this change?

 

You can also make the changes you wish to be general on one image, then save that as a Preset; and then when importing pictures in future batches, have that preset as the one to apply to all imported files. This way you will never have to spend time on resetting each picture or things like that. 

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Seems reasonable to try with the lens correction on and off for a range of images with different lenses and see what you like best as a default setting.

 

Another question, though: I noticed when the lens correction setting is "on" and I then use that DNG file for conversion to B&W with Silver Efex 2, the TIFF produced no longer has the lens correction, which is very obvious when you move back and forth between the original DBG and the TIFF image from the SEFEX plugin. However, for the TIFF image the Lens Correction facility does not have "Leica" in the dropdown menu — that is to say one can only apply lens corruption manually and the automatic adjustments for Leica lenses are not available. Anyone know what one would have to do to get LR to read the Leica sense adjustment data automatically?

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Well, I find any  Leica lens corrections by LR pretty marginal anyway.

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I am definitely no nearsighted fanboy of Leica's, but, just for fun, take a decent snapshot of modern architecture or, even more revealing, a photo of a test image, with several cameras, especially with newer prime lenses of some of the major brands (many of which have totally neglected their primes as compared to offering good zooms), open them in LR in 'comparison' mode side by side with an image of the same subject taken with a good M lens, and then toggle on/off lens correction in both. The effect can be mind-boggling!

 

Although I very much like the feel of the M's, especially the M10, it's the lenses that Leica is really about (imho). Sorry: must have been stated for a thousand times in this forum...

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