SL2 Image Stabilization mode

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[How to activate the image stabilization function when mounting a brand lens other than L mount forum on LEICA SL2]
The Leica SL2 has an in-body image stabilization function, but if you mount a compatible lens such as M/R without a 6-bit code from Non-L Mount Forum, the in-body image stabilization function will not work. Although it is a little troublesome, it was confirmed that the image stabilization function in the body can be enabled even with compatible lenses such as M/R without 6bit code of Non-L Mount Forum by the following method.
* Please use the following procedure at your own risk.
(1) Required items
① Leica SL2 body
② Leica M-ADAPTER L (#18771)
③Leica M mount lens with 6bit code
④M/R compatible lens without 6bit code of non-L mount forum
(2) Procedure
① Wear Leica M-ADAPTER L with Leica SL2 (power off). Attach the Leica M mount lens with 6bit code as it is with 6bit code.
② When Leica SL2 (power on), a lens selection menu appears on the LCD screen.
③ Make sure the image stabilization function in the main menu ⑤ is "ON" ⇒ Power off
④ Remove Leica M-ADAPTER L.
(5) Mount a non-L mount forum compatible lens such as M/R.
⑥ When Leica SL2 (power ON) is displayed, the lens selection menu appears, so select the M lens that is closest to the mounted lens from among the M lenses.
⑦ Make sure that the image stabilization function in main menu ⑤ is set to "ON".
⑧ Ready.
⑨ Repeat steps ① to ⑧ to replace the compatible lens such as M/R without 6bit code with different focal length.

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[Luca]

On 12/21/2019 at 11:37 AM, michali said:

Good idea to always switch off when changing lenses. Several years ago I fried  the mother board on my Sony α850, didn't realise that the camera was still on when changing lenses.

With this in mind, when I had the S1R I was surprised to read that when you use the M to L adapter, the camera should be on so that it can read the 6 Bit code 😳

Once a Leica photographer told me to never change a lens with power on.

the  electricity can attract dust on the sensor and it is true.

Once I changed a couple of times my lenses with power on and in the end found dust on the sensor of the SL2 (dots on the pictures) and had to blow air on it to  clean it.

 

[:hinting image]

I was using a 200mm telyt F4.5 lens, via screwmount adaptor, macro rings (instead of original visoflex) on the M adaptor-L), and tried to get it stabilised. I ended up selecting a 180mm R lens, the closest focal length to the 200mm, and got reasonable stabilised results. 

It is still now ideal, as the SL2 IBIS is coupled with the lens shading and distortion correction, so if I choose a lens with a similar focal length to get the stabilisation, I also get the lens profile embedded to the file, and it is kind of hard to undo the corrections in Lightroom as it is embedded lens profile.

Anyone know how to remove that metadata before importing raw file to Lightroom?

I will be documenting my adapted lens adventures on my new blog. Please visit:

Hintingimage.com

 

[SrMi]

11 hours ago, :hinting image said:

I was using a 200mm telyt F4.5 lens, via screwmount adaptor, macro rings (instead of original visoflex) on the M adaptor-L), and tried to get it stabilised. I ended up selecting a 180mm R lens, the closest focal length to the 200mm, and got reasonable stabilised results. 

It is still now ideal, as the SL2 IBIS is coupled with the lens shading and distortion correction, so if I choose a lens with a similar focal length to get the stabilisation, I also get the lens profile embedded to the file, and it is kind of hard to undo the corrections in Lightroom as it is embedded lens profile.

Anyone know how to remove that metadata before importing raw file to Lightroom?

I will be documenting my adapted lens adventures on my new blog. Please visit:

Hintingimage.com

 

I believe Mac app "DNG Cleaner" removes distortion and shading corrections (opcodes) from DNG files.

[:hinting image]

2 hours ago, SrMi said:

I believe Mac app "DNG Cleaner" removes distortion and shading corrections (opcodes) from DNG files.

Thanks for the tip but I am on PC. Is there something similar to can modify the EXIF on that lens profile parameter?

[SrMi]

35 minutes ago, :hinting image said:

Thanks for the tip but I am on PC. Is there something similar to can modify the EXIF on that lens profile parameter?

Maybe this can be useful (see exiftool parameters):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw/removing-embedded-profile-in-dng-file/td-p/8984032?page=1

[Photoworks]

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12 hours ago, :hinting image said:

Thanks for the tip but I am on PC. Is there something similar to can modify the EXIF on that lens profile parameter?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dng-cleaner/9nk3sq79xr4d?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

 

for the PC. but in my test it removes the distortion only, the applied vignetting does not change.

If you use capture one the lens distortion can be taken out by using generic lens profiles.

[caissa]

DNG cleaner is available for Windows, too. (Not just MAC). And it can also be used for compressing the DNG files and remove embedded images.

[scott kirkpatrick]

The vignetting correct and the distortion corrections are done at different points, and can be controlled differently  The vignetting correction is baked into the raw file data.  The distortion correction is passed along to the post processing software (Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One...) to be used after demosaicing of the Bayer filtered image into an image with all three colors known at each pixel position.  So distortion correction is optional.

[SrMi]

9 hours ago, scott kirkpatrick said:

The vignetting correct and the distortion corrections are done at different points, and can be controlled differently  The vignetting correction is baked into the raw file data.  The distortion correction is passed along to the post processing software (Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One...) to be used after demosaicing of the Bayer filtered image into an image with all three colors known at each pixel position.  So distortion correction is optional.

SDC is optional with C1. It is, unfortunately, mandatory with Adobe software.