LR Profiles for M10-P and M10-M

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I know I should be more in touch with all this PP stuff especially as I do a lot of video and film editing but I'm not when it comes to still photography PP, and now I've just upgraded to LR Classic from the basic LR 6 I think I should try a little harder with the PP process.........I've read about LR Profiles and Presets for the M10 and other Leica cameras, never used them or even looked for them but now I feel I should know something of them seeing that I am finding that the M10-M needs a fair amount more work than the other M's to get the images to a place that I'm liking. So, I've looked, searched on the web but I cannot discover where to find the M10's Profiles / Presets, any clues anybody? And a simple idiot's guide to how to get them into LR Classic would be much appreciated.....Thanks in advance!

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Since no one else has responded to your questions, I state my opinions on them.  Note that I do not use LR; I use Photoshop.  LR can be considered to be a stripped down version of Bridge/Adobe Camera Raw/Photoshop with a much more friendly user interface.

First, M10-P profiles.  Have you looked for profiles that already exist within LR/ACR?  (The LR Develop Module is ACR rearranged; when using Photoshop, ACR opens as a separate window or from "Filter".)  There are various profiles already available.  Second, in my opinion the best profiles are always ones you make yourself using something like X-Rite ColorChecker or X-Rite Passport.  You have to buy the color card or Passport wallet with its color card; the software is free.

Second, M10-M profile.  I am not quite sure what a profile is for a monochrome camera because there is no color matrix to de-mosiac.  I don't own a monochrome to have any experience.  I would expect a lot of adjustment to get the tone curve from linear to something more suited to the "zones" in the actual photo.

Third, presets.  If you find that you are doing the same thing every time to every photo, then a preset makes sense.  In ACR, and I assume in LR Develop, there is a tab to set presets.  In ACR you just open a file, make your changes, go to the preset tab, save the profile and give it a name.  To apply it to another file, you open the file, go to the preset tab, and select the named preset you want from the list that is shown.  You can have many named presets  You can also have presets within Photoshop that are separate from ACR.  I don't use them, but I assume they are made just as easily.

Fourth, plug-ins.  Nik Silver Efex is one of the options in the Nik Collection.  Silver Efex is very popular, and I do use it myself as a starting point for B&W conversions from my M9.  It is a plug-in for Photoshop.  I assume it is also a plug-in for LR.  When Google owned the Nik Collection, you could download it for free.  Now someone bought it from Google, and you have pay for the Nik Collection.  You can download a trial copy.