MarkP Posted October 15, 2011 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does anyone have, or know where one can find, reliable Leica M Lens profile corrections for Lightrooom, and if so how are these added to LR? I don't think I have the experience or expertise to accurately construct them myself. It's beyond me that Leica bundles LR with the M9 but does not provide such profiles (although they are already embedded in LR3 for the three S2 Summarit lenses). Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Hi MarkP, Take a look here Are M-lens profile corrections available for Lightroom 3?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
hoppyman Posted October 15, 2011 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2011 Mark as far as I know there are none. What is it that you would like to correct though? I don't know if you have looked at examples from the S2 corrections but they are pretty subtle. Those lenses are extremely good of course but since the opposition in medium format has the options..... You probably know that there is significant correction related to vignetting and the red corners issue in the firmware (even in the DNGs). Sandy's Cornerfix (free from him) can be used for some functions if desired. CornerFix | Free Security & Utilities software downloads at SourceForge.net Apart from that you can make any settings or combination of settings you like in the Develop Module of Lightroom and save them as a pre-set, if you want. I think in general the profiles are intended for lenses such as zooms etc that might need more adjustment than is likely from the Leica M primes. Chromatic aberration is not exactly prevalent with Leica M lenses! You might want to experiment with the Transform controls if you wanted??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted October 15, 2011 Share #3 Posted October 15, 2011 I find that Lightroom raw conversion gives extremely good rendering of images taken with Leica lenses and have never detected a need for fine-tuning to make lens corrections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted October 15, 2011 Thanks David and Geoff. More than happy with your explanations. I had assumed that there may be some benefit from such profiles, especially with wide angle lenses. I too have been happy with the results I've had with LR RAW conversion. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
perb Posted October 15, 2011 Share #5 Posted October 15, 2011 I think distortion correction for wide angles could be useful, as suggested here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/134696-comments-about-18-se-vs-21-a.html#post1411779 http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/131939-leica-se-18mm-service.html#post1384333 A useful comment by 01af: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-post-processing-forum/183402-lightroom-3-4-1-camera-raw.html#post1714122 Regards Per Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeffred Posted October 15, 2011 Share #6 Posted October 15, 2011 If you want to you can try and make your own profiles with Adobes Lens Profile Creator: Adobe Lens Profile Creator - Adobe Labs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted October 15, 2011 Share #7 Posted October 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do a photo of a building with long straight lines and put them near the edge of the frame. Correct with transform and save the setting. Nothing complicated at all. If you want to fix colors, set them the way you want then save as a preset or new default setting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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