In Lightroom, does copying lens profile correction apply the source lens settings or the destination photo's own profile?
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In Lightroom, what exactly gets copied when you copy and paste lens correction settings between photos?
For example, if I enable profile corrections on a photo shot at 10mm with a Sigma 10-20mm lens, then paste those settings onto another photo shot at 20mm, will Lightroom apply the 10mm correction to the 20mm image? Or does it simply copy the on/off setting and use the correct profile for the destination photo instead?
Also, what happens if the destination photo was taken with a completely different lens?
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In Lightroom there are various settings that come under the 'Lens correction' umbrella. The 'Enable Profile Corrections' flag will correct the image based on the type of lens it was taken with, so if you copy it from an image taken with a 10mm lens onto an image taken with a 20mm lens, it will correct the latter for distortions caused by the 20mm lens.
If however you make manual adjustments to the 10mm lens's distortion and copy them across, then the adjustments themselves will be copied, meaning the changes to the 20mm image will not necessarily counter the lens's built-in distortion.
This all assumes that the lens itself has a profile that Lightroom recognises. Some older lenses may never be supported, and some brand new ones may not be supported unless you have the very latest updates applied.
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Usually, copying Lens Corrections in Lightroom copies the setting to enable profile correction, not a fixed 10mm correction baked into the paste.
If profile corrections are enabled, Lightroom reads the destination photo’s metadata and applies the appropriate correction for that photo’s lens and focal length. So a 20mm shot from the same Sigma 10-20mm lens should get the 20mm correction, not the 10mm one. If you paste onto a photo from a different supported lens, Lightroom should use that lens’s profile instead.
The important exception is manual lens-correction adjustments. If you manually changed distortion, vignetting, or similar sliders, those specific adjustments can be copied too. In that case, Lightroom applies those manual values to the new image, which may not be appropriate for a different focal length or lens.
This depends on Lightroom having a recognized lens profile for the photo. If the lens is unsupported, profile-based correction may not be available or may need a newer Lightroom/lens profile update.
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