Can a Nikon D7000 apply lens distortion correction to the embedded JPEG preview in RAW files?
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I shoot RAW on a Nikon D7000 and would like the rear LCD preview/embedded JPEG to show corrected lens distortion, similar to what Lightroom does for the kit lens. Is there a camera setting that applies distortion correction to the JPEG preview while still saving the RAW file unchanged?
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No. It is not possible on the D7000.
Even though the D7000 can do it on JPEGs, it is questionable to do so on a DSLR. If you did that on the RAW preview, you would get a different image compositionally-speaking from the embedded thumbnail than the RAW.
This is a feature much better suited for SLDs and both Panasonic and Olympus have implemented it in the Micro Four-Third cameras. This is because the preview is digital and therefore is taken into account in the viewfinder. Otherwise you would not be able to frame correctly since distortion correction changes the framing of your images.
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No. On the Nikon D7000, you can’t have the camera apply lens distortion correction just to the embedded JPEG preview inside a RAW file.
The camera can apply certain corrections to JPEGs, but not in the way you’re asking for with RAW preview generation. A practical issue is that distortion correction changes the framing/composition, so a corrected preview would no longer exactly match the underlying RAW capture. DSLRs also don’t generally handle this the way some mirrorless systems do, where the live view and final preview are already fully digital.
If you want to judge corrected images quickly, the usual approach is to apply a lens profile automatically during import or preview generation in Lightroom rather than expecting the D7000 LCD preview to show it.
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