one lens might perform better or worse than another lens.ĭistortion and light falloff are less likely to change between samples, but chromatic aberration is more prone too. One issue with profiling lenses is that unfortunately there is variation between samples. No waiting around for a new profile or having to create a profile for yourself. For example if you are a Capture One (for Sony) user, then as soon as Sony add a new lens to their line up, you can be guaranteed we support it in Capture One. The benefit of using a manufacturer profile is that any new lens is instantly supported in Capture One. This is why the slider is greyed out when using the Manufacturer option. The main difference between a Manufacturer Profile and a Capture One profile is that we additionally correct for Sharpness Falloff. This is when you will see Manufacturer Profile in the Profile drop down menu. Some manufacturers supply enough data in the RAW file that we can use to also correct for lens errors.įor example Sony, Micro 4/3rds cameras and Fuji Cameras. For example a very wide zoom with a large range requires more captures.
It can take anywhere between 50 to 200 captures. We don’t just rely on one or two captures to profile a lens. We believe our methods give an excellent profile for lens corrections. These are lenses, which we have had on the test bench at Phase One and created a profile for.
If we look at the Profile drop-down menu, the complete list of profiled lenses is shown.
In Capture One we can use both methods to correct lens errors. To correct optical errors in the lens, you either need to know how the lens behaves under certain conditions or create a profile for that lens, if its behaviour is unknown. Lens corrections is hardly a new phenomena in RAW converters these days, but there are some subtle differences between how they can be handled.īy default, the Lens Correction tool sits in the Lens tool tab in Capture One.