Should I enable in-camera lens corrections if I also use Lightroom?
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My Canon EOS can apply lens aberration corrections in-camera. I also use Lightroom for post-processing, which has lens/profile corrections too.
If both are enabled, will the correction be applied twice? Does this matter for RAW, JPEG, or both? I'm mainly shooting RAW, but I sometimes use JPEG.
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This only matters for JPEG (and the embedded JPEG previews).
I would say it comes down to which you like better. If you're shooting JPEG it'd be nice to have it done in camera. You would probably get better results from the camera as it can (though depending on the implementation, may not) use the RAW data for its corrections whereas LR would be using the rendered JPEG. However, you would have more control than a simple on/off if you do it in LR which you may find yields better results for you.
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For normal workflows, this mainly matters for JPEGs, not RAW files.
In-camera lens corrections are typically applied to JPEGs (and embedded previews). RAW files generally remain uncorrected, and Lightroom applies its own lens/profile corrections to the RAW during processing. So if you shoot RAW, enabling in-camera correction usually won’t cause a double correction in Lightroom.
For JPEGs, the camera’s correction is already baked in. Lightroom normally won’t automatically re-apply lens correction to JPEGs unless you force it manually, so double correction is usually not a problem there either.
Practical takeaway:
- Shoot RAW: leave camera correction on or off; Lightroom will usually handle the real correction from RAW.
- Shoot JPEG: in-camera correction is useful, since the JPEG is what you keep.
- If you edit JPEGs heavily in Lightroom and manually enable lens profiles, watch for overcorrection.
If you want maximum control, rely on Lightroom for RAW and use in-camera correction mainly for JPEG output.
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