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November 7, 2017
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P: Disable built-in lens profile

  • November 7, 2017
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I own Micro43 and compact cameras, where lens profiles are integrated in RAW files. With software like Capture One Pro, I can easily enable or disable theses built-in profiles. Actually, there is even a slider allowing to enable 0% or 100% of the built-in profile, and whatever percentage in between.

In LR (CC, Classic or LR6), the checkox for enabling or disabling profiles does not work with built-in profiles, which always stay enabled. This seriously limits the possibilities of several cameras which possibilities get unleashed by actual RAW developpers like Capture One Pro.

I'm actually a COP user (after switching from LR) but DAM sucks with COP and this built-in lens profile thing is the only deal breaker for me to come back. So please let users disable built-in lens profiles, or at least offer workarounds.

As a workaround, a dumb "zero" profile that would replace the built-in one (not coming on top of it) could do the job.

131 replies

Todd Shaner
Legend
July 31, 2019
They all show as 'Built-In' Lens Profile Applied.' However, the robertson-3.raf file was shot at 11.5mm and the other two at 12.0mm. Because of that they won't align properly. Perhaps the Zoom ring on the lens may be slipping or got nudged.

hunterr89148280
Participating Frequently
July 31, 2019
Here you go: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/82c04574-6d40-45eb-b087-372add482811

That's three files, the two shown above, neither of which Lightroom can find the lens profile for, and one from the same series for which it can (robertson-1).
Todd Shaner
Legend
July 31, 2019
Please post one of the RAF files that display the issue to a file sharing site for examination.
hunterr89148280
Participating Frequently
July 31, 2019
Looking more closely, it might not be the automatic lens correction itself, but some information getting corrupted in the files? In Lens Corrections, neither of these images say anything at first, and when I turn on Enable Profile Corrections, it says "Unable to locate a matching profile automatically" and "None" in the drop down menu. Then, in the drop down menus, the 10-24mm isn't available.

Most of the other images from the same shoot say "Built-in Lens Profile Applied" in Lightroom, without checking Enable Profile Corrections. If I select Enable Profile Corrections, it then says "Built-in".

Looking through previous shoots, I find a few images that also can't locate a matching profile. Maybe that's why I only have the problem intermittently. So the problem might be that without any other indication, Lightroom is applying some unseen correction? Because as you can see, out of Lightroom, the two shots are different (one is distorted), in Capture One, they're the same.

hunterr89148280
Participating Frequently
July 30, 2019
From Lightroom (no Transforms applied):



From Capture One:

hunterr89148280
Participating Frequently
July 30, 2019


I shoot interiors and layer multiple shots with varying opacities. Using a Fuji X-T2 with the 10-24, the shots are often slightly misaligned, which makes it very hard to blend them. Usually Photoshop's Align won't handle it either. Today I opened two misaligned images in Capture One, where I can turn off the automatic corrections which Lightroom gives no control over. Sure enough, they do actually align, but there seems to be two different corrections being applied to the images in Lightroom, so they are misaligned there and once I move them into Photoshop for blending.
The ability to turn off the automatic lens corrections is badly needed. I'll either have to switch cameras, or software.

Participating Frequently
July 28, 2019
Has anyone from adobe responded or do they just not care about their customers anymore?
Participating Frequently
July 28, 2019


I've highlighted in red my issue
There should be a toggle that allows us to turn off automatic corrections
Individuals that use these tools want control over their image and evey step of the process, please let us turn this off, sometimes I want natural vignettes in my images, sometimes i want barrel distortion, and chromatic aberrations can be used artistically as well, please let us turn off the built-in profiles, thank you

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 20, 2019
Maybe that’s the deal...
-- Johan W. Elzenga
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Inspiring
July 20, 2019
indeed - different companies, different attitudes towards what the users want :-)...  take Fuji for example - Phase One has a deal with Fuji and there is a free Capture One Express Fujifilm ... Adobe has a deal with Fuji and not only we don't have a free LR Express for FujiFilm but we can't switch off profiles 🙂