I’ve recently moved to PL5 from LR, am an enthusiastic amateur of a certain age and use a Leica CL APS-C with native 23, 35, and 60mm prime lenses.
The 23 and 60mm lenses have optic module support in PL5, though the 35mm doesn’t. I have requested it through the web site though it’s not a “new” lens and the rest of the range already have support so I’m moving forward accepting there’s probably a reason for that.
This leads me to my question, in your experience, is there a best practice for applying sharpening when the image is not made with a supported lens?
I have Topaz SharpeningAI which I can resort to though that is outside the DxO ecosystem and the two really don’t play nicely together. I can work with TIFF files in either though when it comes to linear DNGs (e.g. denoised RAW) and metadata all bets are off. To avoid a rumble between two competing AI implementations I’ve found it best to keep them at a distance.
I’m a bit of an overthinker, it may be that the native PL5 generic tools are fine, though I’d welcome some of your experiences.
Yes, this site holds quite a bunch of interesting informations.
Please note that Lens Sharpness only works with optic module support, which means that your 35mm lens can’t profit from it - but Leica lenses are said to be exceptionally sharp anyway.
For completeness, here is the article dedicated to distortion manual correction.
It is written for ViewPoint (by @gerarto), but it is actually a tool in PhotoLab, the Geometry palette.
Enjoy your reading.
Pascal
The 35mm Summilux TL is a real superstar in the APS-C range though the other (supported with optic modules) two are also excellent. Still, we can all use a little help sometimes