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Leica SL vs M240: Lens Corrections and Color Rendering with M Lenses
Leica SL camera firmware v2.0, latest as of June 2016.
Leica M240 firmware v2.0.2.5.
Adobe Camera Raw 9.6 (625) in Photoshop CC 2015 20160113 r.355, latest versions as of 2016-06-20.
This page looks at issues with the Leica SL and Leica M240 using Leica M lenses ( Leica M-Adapter-T required for M lenses on the SL):
- With equivalent conversions (white balance and tint), color rendition of the Leica SL vs Leica M240 is shown. The results here were seen to be general results applying to all M lenses and are NOT specific to the lens used here (18mm f/3.8 SEM).
- The Leica SL DNG files from M lenses have lens corrections enforced by Adobe Camera Raw (no option to disable). This changes the field of view and degrades sharpness.
- Adobe Camera Raw has a “double correction” bug in which it is possible to enable lens corrections twice, resulting in a an erroneous output file. This bug has been reported to Adobe.
- Images with and without distortion correction.
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