Capture One Pro 9

7The Lens Correction Tab

There is no such thing as the perfect lens. Many lenses are sure to suit your personal shooting style and deliver near-perfect results, but a lens is nevertheless an optical / mechanical system that has physical limits and is subject to the variations in quality that are part of every manufacturing process. More than cameras, lenses are also subject to the Pareto principle, which states that the final 20 percent increase in quality costs 80 percent of the resources involved in the process. It is not without good reason that ultra-high-end lenses often cost as much as a small car.

Put simply, lenses are imperfect systems and the results of using them sometimes have to be corrected using software. Dedicated software packages ...