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GUGU_HW
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February 10, 2026
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Hasselblad XCD 35-100E lens profile can't be automatically used

  • February 10, 2026
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I am using a Hasselblad X1D II camera with a Hasselblad 35-100E lens. I find that although in filter Lightroom Classic can detect that the images are captured by XCD 35-100E lens, in lens correction tab in edit, when set to default or auto, it will result in no profile and can’t automatically find profile. However there is a Hasselblad XCD 35-100E profile in the list. I need to manually select it and sync across my photos. I’ve tested this behavior in Lightroom Classic 15.1.1 on Windows 11 x64 24H2.

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      GUGU_HWAuthor
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      February 12, 2026

      When using the bundled XCD 35-100E lens profile, vignetting is under-corrected. This is a sample file that can reveal the issue (OneDrive share).
      Sample Image
      In the following text this sample image will be used.

      When lens profile is enabled and all correction is set to default (100), it’s very obvious that there’s still quite much vignetting in the corners. The upper-right corner is the most obvious, although you can see it in all corners.
      To prove that this is a Lightroom Classic (Camera Raw) bundled lens profile issue, I used Phocus, Hasselblad’s official post-processing software to design a controlled experiment. In Phocus version that supports XCD 35-100E lens, after importing the files and also enabling default lens correction, in the preview I can immediately find that all vignetting is perfectly corrected. If compared to Lightroom Classic’s render, the difference can be immediately seen.

      To prove that this isn’t a rendering issue, I tried exporting from Lightroom Classic, and find that in the exported file, little vignetting can also be seen.
      Tested on Lightroom Classic 15.1.1 with bundled Camera Raw 18.1 on Windows 11 24H2 x64.

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
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        February 11, 2026

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        ​@GUGU_HW, I see the same misbehavior too. While waiting for a fix from Adobe, you can set the lens profile as the default for that lens:

         

        1. In the Lens Corrections panel, check Enable Profile Corrections and manually select the correct lens profile:

         

        2. Click the Setup dropdown menu and select Save New Lens Profile Defaults:

         

        3. Now when you check Enable Profile Corrections, that profile will be selected automatically.

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        GUGU_HWAuthor
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        February 11, 2026

        Thank you, this workaround works. But now I find another problem that’s more severe. I find that the bundled XCD 35-100E lens profile doesn’t work as intended. I mean that the profile is defective. I used another image which captures the blue sky as background as an example, and it shows that even when using the lens profile, authough yes vignetting is somehow fixed, but not completely fixed. You can see very obvious vignetting, and the upper right corner is the most obvious, though you can also see it in the other three corners. I just bought this lens new and there isn’t any crash or something, but to check I also used Hasselblad Phocus, and with Hasselblad’s own software and its own lens profile, you can see that the vignetting is removed perfectly. So this lead to the result that currently Adobe’s bundled XCD 35-100E lens profile is defective, at least at vignetting correction (I don’t have the ability to test field curve correction). You can use this new sample file. Although my locale is chinese simplified, this should not change any result and you as a Lightroom Classic professional could clearly see that the correct lens profile is used correctly although you can’t read the words.
         


        Sample image-vignetting defectiveness

          johnrellis
          johnrellis
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          February 11, 2026

          ​@Rikk Flohr_Photography, this issue was reported in this bug report and Lightroom Queen reported it fixed in LR 15.1. But it’s not working in LR 15.1.1 for the sample file provided by ​@GUGU_HW. If you check Enable Profile Corrections, the Lens Corrections panel says, “Unable to locate a matching profile automatically”.

           

          Should the bug  be reopened? Unfortunately, the most recent content for the bug report hasn’t been migrated yet, so I can’t tell what the official state of the bug really is.

          johnrellis
          johnrellis
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          February 10, 2026

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          This was supposed to have been fixed in LR 15.1:

          https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in-lightroom-2025-12/

           

          However, most of the content of the bug thread (posted after 11/17/2025) hasn’t been migrated yet to the new forum, so there may be details about the fix that we’re missing:

           

          If you share a sample raw file taken with that lens, we can file a new bug report if necessary. If the forum won't let you attach the file here, upload it to Wetransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar free service and post the sharing link here.

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          GUGU_HWAuthor
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          February 11, 2026

          You can use this sample image:
          Photo:Onedrive

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