rawtherapee doesn't have the lens i'm using in it's list.

[meadowlark]

i have 5.3 version of rawtherapee.
i shoot on af-s dx nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6g vr.
when i apply distortion correction to my picture in becomes blurry, so i manually search for my lens profile on the list and it’s not there. the lens profile rawtherapee chooses for me is different from mine.
what do i do?

also what does the lcp file do?

raw file DSC_1012.NEF (21.6 MB)

[Morgan_Hardwood]

Hey

@meadowlark

i shoot on af-s dx nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6g vr

Upload a sample raw file so we can take a look instead of guessing.

@meadowlark

also what does the lcp file do?

http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Lens/Geometry#Profiled_Lens_Correction

[meadowlark]

@Morgan_Hardwood

Upload a sample raw file so we can take a look instead of guessing.

done

@Morgan_Hardwood

Lens/Geometry - RawPedia

what if i use this instead of lensfun, do i still have to select the correct profile?

[paperdigits (Mica)]

@meadowlark

Upload a sample raw file so we can take a look instead of guessing.

done

Where did you upload this sample to?

[agriggio (Alberto)]

hi

@meadowlark

what if i use this instead of lensfun, do i still have to select the correct profile?

you can write a dynamic profile rule and have the DCP loaded automatically. more info on rawpedia and here:

Windows 64 build with integration of lensfun

Ok, rereading now I understand what you mean. Here’s how I would do this with dynamic profiles: create a rule that applies the following partial profile whenever your camera is found: [LensProfile] UseLensfun=true LFAutoMatch=true LFCameraMake=MY CAMERA MAKE LFCameraModel=MY CAMERA MODEL Notice that LFAutoMatch is still set to true here. add a rule for your lens that is not picked up automatically by lensfun, overriding LFAutoMatch: [LensProfile] LFAutoMatch=false LFLens=MY LENS Make s…

[Morgan_Hardwood]

@meadowlark

when i apply distortion correction to my picture in becomes blurry, so i manually search for my lens profile on the list and it’s not there

The blurriness is explained in RawPedia.

Your lens is there (I’m using an old version of the lensfun database, the Windows builds use a newer one), and it does get auto-detected, so I’m not clear on what you’re doing or what the problem really is.

What does the “Lens” combobox say when you click on “Auto-matched”?

[meadowlark]

it says what is says on the picture.
my lens is af-s dx nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6g vr. this one says “af-s dx vr nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6g II”

[Morgan_Hardwood]

Your image’s metadata shown using

Exiv2 0.26:

Exif.Nikon3.LensType                         Byte        1  D G VR
Exif.Nikon3.Lens                             Rational    4  18-55mm F3.5-5.6
Exif.NikonLd3.LensIDNumber                   Byte        1  Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II

ExifTool 10.69:

-Composite:LensID=AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
-Composite:LensSpec=18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G VR

Wikipedia

Nikon first introduced the lens in 2005 and has provided three subsequent updates. Following are the four variants as of 2014:
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED, released in 2005
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II, released in 2006.
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR, released in 2007.
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II, released in 2014.

So either both ExifTool and Exiv2 are wrong, in which case you should report a bug to both ExifTool and Exiv2, or you are wrong about which model of lens you have.

[meadowlark]

what do i press to upload it?

[gaaned92]

@meadowlark
Running Rawtherapee 5.3 on Windows 10.

• Your lens is correctly recognised by Lensfun as

NiKON AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G II
(Note that the order of fields in the lens name does’nt matter)

As far as I can see, the Lensfun distortion processing is correct.

• For the same correction, you can also use Lens Correction Profile (LCP) from Adobe you can find after downloading DNGconverter_X_x.exe from adobe site (see How to get LCP and DCP profiles - RawPedia)

As all cameras/lenses combinations don’t exist, you have to choose a camera with same crop factor. Here I used

NIKON D300 (Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR II) - RAW.lcp

Crop factors
D300: 1.52
D5200: 1.53

The corrections made with both methods are practically identical.
Thus I cannot reproduce your problem.

[paperdigits (Mica)]

You just drag you file onto the editing window or use the upload button to attach it