Lightroom Should not Apply profile Correction on import, No Way to Disable

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October 10, 2023
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When importing pictures it seems that LR automatically applies profile correction. Technically this is an edit and the choice to apply this edit should be up to the user.

There used to be a way to disable this using a camera specific profile but it appears that eaither the context menus have changed or that the disabling option is no longer available. I am on the latest version of LR Classic on a MAC using Ventura.

The application of profile correction is a terrible option. For people that use Fisheye and Ultra-wide lenses this effectly "corrects" the intended distortion. Whenever I use an art lens I have to go through every picture on import or change my workflow to pre-tag images that I don't want to have this change and then manually undo it on evry single picture.

Maybe I'm missing something here.

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D Fosse

Community Expert

AFAIK, Nikon doesn't allow the profile to be disabled. It's a Nikon profile, not an Adobe profile.

Sony profiles don't correct geometry and vignetting, only chromatic aberration. It can be turned off. Any geometry correction is an Adobe profile that can be disabled.

Not sure about Canon.

johnrellis

Legend

Some newer Nikon cameras allow the embedded lens profiles to be disabled, depending on the lens. In my test catalog with 22 camera makes and 253 camera models, these models embed lens profiles for some lens and allow the profiles to be disabled: Z fc, Z 9, Z 8, Z 7 II, Z 6 II.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Right, then Nikon is moving in the right direction. Not being able to disable the profile can be a problem. If there are no critical straight lines I sometimes prefer to disable.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

In the Lens Correction panel, you can disable lens corrections for most lenses. If Lightroom applies such a profile on import, then you probably use a camera default setting that enables it. If the camera embeds a lens profile however (that often happens with mirrorless cameras), then the manufacturer designed the lens with the lens profile as part of the design. In that case Lightroom will apply it and you (usually) can't disable that. Nothing has changed in this respect, so check your camera defaults.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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