SL2 Vignetting

[hirohhhh]

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I noticed I have a bit of vignetting on my new SL2 with 24-90 lens with built-in profile enabled in Lightroom. I can correct it manually, but I'm wondering if others have the same issue.

It's hardly visible on the busy photos, but I went to the very foggy beach today where the background was mostly solid white and there I can clearly notice darker corners on every photo. Can't say for sure now, but I think I would notice if this was the issue on the SL.

Edited September 11, 2020 by hirohhhh

[Photoworks]

Is it solid corners? Can you post a photo?

[hirohhhh]

Ok, this is the obvious example with clear corners.

The photo was taken with SL2 Multishot and 24-90 Leica L mount lens. And then I applied some random Zeiss lens profile, just to try to remove vignetting.

Of course, I don't want to apply random lens profiles to the photos, this was just a test, so I'm wondering if this is an issue with SL2, or it's just my case.

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Edited September 12, 2020 by hirohhhh

[LeicaR10]

Hirohhh,   Your Leica 24-90 has some minor vignetting at the 24mm FL, but not much.  Based on my past experience with the lens, I don't think there is anything wrong with the lens.  I wouldn't use a Zeiss profile but rather use the LR Vignetting tool.  Others may have another opinion.  r/ Mark 

Edited September 12, 2020 by LeicaR10

[SrMi]

There is minor vignetting when shooting wide open, it disappears (mostly?) when shooting at f/5.6 or higher.

Agree with LeicaR10 that you should only use manual vignetting correction.

P.S.: are you using the correct lens hood and no filters?

Edited September 12, 2020 by SrMi

[Photoworks]

that is just character of the lens, it is beautiful . Do you really want a clinical image? I even keep all my vignetting on the noctilux

[hirohhhh]

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4 hours ago, SrMi said:

There is minor vignetting when shooting wide open, it disappears (mostly?) when shooting at f/5.6 or higher.

Agree with LeicaR10 that you should only use manual vignetting correction.

P.S.: are you using the correct lens hood and no filters?

Oh, I use PolarPro UV filter. I totally forgot it, I never take it down. I'll try without, maybe that causes the vignetting issue.

 

[hirohhhh]

37 minutes ago, Photoworks said:

that is just character of the lens, it is beautiful . Do you really want a clinical image? I even keep all my vignetting on the noctilux

I totally hear you, but I have to say, from my expensive SL lenses - yes, I'd love to have the clean image and if I really like the vignetting, I'll add it (rather than remove it).

I have a few old vintage lenses for the character

[SrMi]

The "perfect" APO-Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH also vignettes wide open.
It would be nice to have an option to correct vignetting automatically, but I do not like to have a mandatory vignetting correction.

[SrMi]

1 hour ago, hirohhhh said:

Oh, I use PolarPro UV filter. I totally forgot it, I never take it down. I'll try without, maybe that causes the vignetting issue.

 

Let us know if it reduces vignetting, though slight vignetting should be expected.

[Jared]

On 9/11/2020 at 5:53 AM, hirohhhh said:

I noticed I have a bit of vignetting on my new SL2 with 24-90 lens with built-in profile enabled in Lightroom. I can correct it manually, but I'm wondering if others have the same issue.

It's hardly visible on the busy photos, but I went to the very foggy beach today where the background was mostly solid white and there I can clearly notice darker corners on every photo. Can't say for sure now, but I think I would notice if this was the issue on the SL.

A little vignetting is perfectly normal. The profiles aren’t perfect. They don’t, for example, vary with subject distance even though the amount of vignetting in a lens DOES vary with subject distance. The profiles only vary with aperture and focal length. And even then, you can run into issues with more extreme stretches/exposure adjustments that can create concentric circles of brightness. It can be a real pain in astrophotography—not easily corrected with flat fields. The Summicron SL’s actually shows even more vignetting than the 24-90, but that’s because they don’t embed corrections of any sort into the files. I think you’ll find the same issue existed on the SL. It’s better to leave a little vignetting in place at certain apertures and subject distances than to risk over correcting since that generally looks odd to the eye.