Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me a guy whose doing a lot of nikon work its frustrating that they don't have on the Adobe list my compact 45 2.8 P for pancake and 28 1.4 as those are optics I use often so I have to find something similar but its a compromise. So I'm going to have to figure out this thing where you create your own lens profile. And I do think some of the profiles are Now I'm shooting mainly with my lens I've re acquired from my stash in Portland in the past months my 50 dollar nikon 28.0-80.0 mm f/3.3-5.6 a long discontinued silver kit lens which works " ridiculously well". Is feather weight and compact. Its like a zoom version of the other Nikon cheap magic lens the 50mm 1.8. Normally I believe in a world where you get what you pay for. But once in a blue moon threes an exception to the rule. It has a compound ASPH element made by combining an ASPH acyclic over an element of glass with a bit of superglue. They made a million of them but darned if I can find them anywhere except for the website which cant be mentioned: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28-80mm-g.htm Turns my D700 into much less of a lead weight monster. There is one on eBay for 80 bucks. I think people either never get rid of them or just throw them in the garbage with the rest of their furniture when they sell their house and move to a condo. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:33:45 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Adobe support for R lenses > > Frank there are 69 Leica lens profiles, that is more than there are for > Canon or Nikon, I think. > Why not start with one of the current profiles and edit to what you want > with samples from the lenses you have? Every profile is simply a starting > point anyway. > As others mentioned I hardly find these necessary anyway and you may well > not want to 'correct' the native characteristics of these lenses beyond > what is optionally happening in firmware anyway. > All of these Leica lenses are in tiny quantities compared to Canon and > Nikon. Olympus stuff is not covered at all and it is interesting that the > 4/3 designs are not addressed but that is a separate discussion. > > However, perhaps take your concern to the Adobe Forums? > > > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 10 November 2012 17:01, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > >> 21 Elmarit ASPH? >> 24 ditto >> >> I could go on.... But I own those 2..... >> >> The point being there are significantly less profiles for M lenses that >> sold >> in significantly higher volumes, are still current, etc. Whereas the >> effort >> ( resource, work, whatever) is being put into making profiles for lenses >> that are now otherwise unsupported, for a plan to fit all M Type 240 >> cameras >> with R lenses, which is not available and probably will not be for 6 >> months. >> >> I find that a waste. A ridiculous waste. >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> Cheer up Frank are you having a glass half empty day? ;-) In fact there >> are >> 22 lens profiles in there for Leica M lenses. That includes all of the >> exotics, even the new APO 50 Summicron ASPH although I don't know how you >> would correct that one! >> The single current lens not included is the Tri Elmar 16-18-21 and Leica >> Camera themselves do not correct that one for individual focal lengths in >> firmware. >> Of course the R lenses are likely to be used on the new M typ 240 when it >> arrives too. >> Note that you can apply any lens profile to any shot so for example the >> profiles for the R lenses can be used by people who have adapted them for >> dSLRs as well. >> >> Cheers, >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> >> On 10 November 2012 16:13, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: >> >>> I would assume Leica did the profiles...... >>> >>> Leica supports lenses from a camera lens series discontinued 10 (?) >>> years ago, but has no support for all the current M lenses ...... >>> >>> Brilliant. >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> Red735i at verizon.net >>> >>> >>> The new Release Candidate of Lightroom 4.3 (and ACR 7.3 I guess) adds >>> lens profile support for 26 new lenses and 24 of them are Leica R. >>> This is very encouraging for when the M typ 240 gets into production >>> and photographers' hands. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information