to Capture One’s advanced conversion
functionality, which reduced the required
degree of correction in the first place. Overall,
the filter didn’t produce any visible
improvements. The only really positive result
we achieved was using the Purple Fringing
option on our dolphin image, where it
noticeably reduced the extraneous colors in
the reflections.
An attempt to correct a JPEG image
resulted in a disappointing ‘Unsupported file’
warning and grayed out automatic Chromatic
Aberration and Purple Fringing options. Lens
error correction for JPEG images is simply not
supported.
Overall, Capture One made a mixed
impression. The automatic correction tool
was easy to use, but produced only average
quality results and lacks even the simplest
user-adjustable options. The lack of JPEG
support isn’t a problem for most pro and
semi-pro photographers, but makes the
program useless for hobby photographers
and those wanting to process JPEG
sequences shot using a DSLR.DxO Optics Pro
Automatic correction tools are DxO’s trump
card and, together with the countless dedicated
camera and lens modules the manufacturer
offers, make performing lens corrections a snap
for the owners of most currently available
camera/lens combinations. Things are not quite
so simple for users of exotic gear or unusual
camera/lens combinations. In principle, Optics
Prowas not really designed with manual profile
adjustments in mind and users are dependent
on the company providing a profile for each
specific setup. There are currently about 5,000
modules available, but many more are
necessary to completely cover all currently
available cameras and lenses. There was no
module available for three of our six test
images.
Optics Proremoved lateral aberrations
automatically and effectively from our RAW
images. There is no way to perform
corrections on images shot using a camera
and lens that are not covered by an
appropriate module. This lack of manualadjustment options is a serious weakness. In
our case, there was no profile available for our
older 80-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor or our rare Leica
Noctilux 50mm f/1.0. On the other hand, our
combination of a Zeiss 28mm f/2.0 and a
Canon EOS 5DII is supported.
We were able to correct the axial
aberration in our tree image and the ‘before’
and ‘after’ views helped us to judge the
results. The program runs smoothly, although
scrolling through a 100% preview of a
corrected image was sometimes a little
sluggish. Optics Prois, however, faster than
Capture NX 2in every respect.
Optics Pro was no different from the other
programs in our test and wasn’t able to correct
color casts with varying colors in our axial
aberration test image, although it produced
good results when correcting the axial
aberration in our test portrait. It wasn’t really
clear to us why we had to select the Purple
fringingoption to correct blue fringes, but it
worked nonetheless. The same setting also
effectively corrected the reflections in our
dolphin image.Chromatic Aberrations | Software Test
The Capture OneZoom tool makes it easy to detect chromatic aberration,
even in the standard Viewer window