Unfortunately, that is of little help to me. Despite owning LR4, I don't use it.
I am angry at Adobe with respect to how the handled LR. First, they dropped supporting Win XP in their LR-4. [*] And you do not have an option in LR-4 to keep the database format backward compatible to that of LR-3. So, since I need to multiplex my photographs and LR databases between my Win7 laptop and Win XP desktop, and my wife needs to multiplex those between her Win7 laptop and WinXP Netbook (not supported by Win7), I have not installed the LR-4 that I purchased last year. Second, they do not put the lens profiles in the open, you are forced to use Adobe's software - for what? for downloading profiles? At least I cannot find a website listing the existing profiles (I don't even mention capability of downloading them). Why such a secrecy? I understand the convenience of the tool, but please give me an option of just downloading the profile from the website. The problem for me is that they dropped their support for LR-3.* in the tools that they create, including the lens profile downloader: that one supports LR4 only. ---- [*] Before you intend to jump in explaining why XP is and old technology that should not be supported, read two responses to His Arrogancy Mr. Scott Kelby (of Adobe) - by Steve and StR (both close to the top): http://scottkelby.com/2012/lightroom-4-and-leaving-the-past-behind/#comments (Note that some browsers, e.g. Opera, do not display comments on Mr. Kelby's blog. I don't know why, but Mr. Kelby must have decided that Opera is too old to support, since it exists since 1995.) Igor Tue Jan 29 14:09:26 EST 2013 Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.walker at gmail.com> wrote: > One of the tips in a Lightroom tutorial, "Five handy tips for working > with photos in Lightroom 4", contains a link to a free Adobe app that > I bet a few of us can use: Adobe Lens Profile Creator 1.0.4. > > All you need to do is shoot a checkerboard pattern with the "unknown" > lens and inspect it in the utility, creating an installable profile in > the process. > > http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5489 Before going to the effort of creating a profile, it's worth trying the Lens Profile Downloader to see if someone else has already done it: Mac: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5491 Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5492 I got a profile for the A28/2.8 that way. I don't think the camera body for the profile has to match yours (although maybe there's slight variation in "vignetting" corrections, due to sensor microlens differences and such). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
