No Vignetting Fix for Powershot V1 in CR3/Raw?

[Enrico-Pallazzo]

I just got a Powershot V1. I am shooting in CR3/JPG mode. The JPG's look fine, but when I open a CR3 for editing, the vignetting is horrible. The corners are completely black. 

I tried using Elements 2024 and free Affinity to fix this. Elements will not even open the file. It tells me to download and install a Camera Raw plugin, but after I do that, Elements still refuses to open the files and tells me to install the plugin. In Affinity, there is no lens profile for this camera, and it is not even close to possible to fix the vignetting using the manual tools.

AI claims Canon has not provided Adobe with the data to allow my CR3's to open in Elements 2024, and it says Affinity relies on a site called Lensfun for lens profiles. The Powershot V1 is not supported at Lensfun, and virtually all of the Powershots are unsupported for vignetting. 

I have been told to download a program to convert my files to something my software will edit. This is obviously not acceptable except as a temporary fix.

Please don't tell me to accept JPG's or to rely on the converter. I insist on raw files, period, and I am not going to keep using a converter forever.

What is Canon doing about this? Should I return the camera?

[shadowsports]

Greetings, 

DPP is a great software. It's easier to use and learn than you might think, and it supports all of the camera/lens profiles needed to make your images look their best.  Give it a try.  I bet you'll be really surprised.

[jrhoffman75]

Hi Rick. I don’t think the OP understands the concept of annual release perpetual license software. The current version of Elements is 2026, which means version 2024 was released in Fall of 2023. It is not going to support any devices released in 2024 or later. 

Interesting thread here:

https://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/how-to-get-rid-of-vignetting-in-canon-powershot-v1-shot.488815...

[Peter]

The question is justified. Why doesn’t Canon share how the lens correction data in the metadata should be interpreted? Why do others like Capture One, Adobe, DxO, and Lensfun have to reinvent the wheel?