Our resident Canon expert Brian explains how to set up lens profiles and use Digital Lens Optimizer in Canon’s DPP
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B etter lenses take better photos, so make sure you take advantage of the optimum lens processing when capturing and processing your images.
Canon software in-camera and on your computer can apply lens processing to extract the best results, which are free from distortion and optimized for contrast and sharpness.
Follow our guide to help your camera and software get the most from your Canon lenses. Canon EOS DSLRs can have up to 40 lens corrections loaded; 20 to 30 of the most common and recent lenses are usually pre-installed. EOS R mirrorless cameras have all the RF lenses’ info, as long as you have the latest camera and
lens firmware installed, and you can add a number of EF lenses’ correction profiles, too.
Most recent EOS cameras have lens corrections enabled by default, but older models may need them to be switched on.
Ensure that lens corrections are applied and you have the profiles in the camera. When using a less common lens, you may need to add a profile to your camera to get the best results. Canon’s free Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software. . Digital Lens Optimizer (DLO) applies the most advanced corrections and is good for improving sharpness as well as simple vignetting, chromatic aberration and distortion corrections. Other imageediting apps’ lens corrections but may have a different result to Canon’s profiles.
Images captured as a JPEG have lens corrections applied, while Raw images provide flexibility for lens corrections to be modified or applied with
STEP BY STEP OPTIMIZE YOUR CANON LENSES
CORRECTIONS ARE FOR CANON LENSES ONLY
01 IN-CAMERA LENS CORRECTION
Many Canon EOS cameras have the ability to apply lens corrections as you shoot, making your JPEG images look their best using the DIGIC processor In-camera lens corrections and those made using DPP are only available for Canon lenses. If you use independent lenses with your Canon EOS cameras, you may find it necessary to disable lens corrections because there have been some instances when the corrections created str
