I don't know which profiles are more accurate the manufacturer supplied ones or the ones that DxO has generated I personally suspect the manufacturer supplied profiles are more accurate.Īdobe (in Lightroom and Camera Raw) do not allow the user to over-ride the manufacturer's lens correction and there is no way to avoid this. Applying the lens correction on my Nikon lenses is much more noticeable. From a geometry correction view, there is very little difference between the profiles. I just went back and tested the same image and now they seem to offer two modes, the camera supplied profile and the DxO supplied profile.
In the early Optics Pro days when I first tested the Panasonic cameras and lenses there were no Panasonic profiles and the software used the camera data only. Other camera companies applied corrections, but only in JPEG files never the raw files, although some people suspected Sony applied lens corrections in raw files as well. They were the first camera / lens makers to go with a combination of optical correction through lens design AND software lens correction at the raw conversion state.
GeorgeGeorge - the way that mFT cameras work (i.e.Olympus and Panasonic cameras) is that they embed the manufacturer's lens correction parameters right into the raw data. Google on "dxo photolab local adjustments" for videos and you could make your own conclusion. I know DxO is not having the best website and is horrible in its communication.
Install a trial version and see it yourself. When I open my PL1.2 there're far over 100 modules for the GX8, camera/lens combinations.ĬaptureNx2 was famous for its local adjustments using the Nik software. There's a difference between supported camera's and lens correction.
I would not recommend this software for what you are trying to do.It does have a local adjustment tab with several modules, PL1.2. I would not recommend this software for what you are trying to do. The also use the large Epson ink jet photo printers for large prints.
Costco tends to use the Fuji Frontier Chromogenic printers with Fuji Crystal Archive paper. It does allow printer / paper profiles, so that will allow you to download the Costco Profiles from Dr圜reek Photo and use them. I would never print directly from it (but then I would never print directly from any raw convertor / parametric editor) it does not do local adjustments, which I find are essential to create a good print. I find it is a very good raw convertor, but the editing functionality is a bit cumbersome and convoluted and is targeted to the advanced user. It also has excellent lens profile correction capabilities, but these are not used at all for the mFT cameras like the GX8. So far as I can remember, the more expensive Elite version has this functionality, while the Essential version does not. The Prime noise reduction is excellent and that is primarily the only reason I use this software. Jerry - I've used PhotoLab and its predecessor Optics Pro for over 10 years.