Hi Affinity,
I've been testing the Develop mode of Affinity Photo with various lenses and cameras. Two questions/points have come up in my attempts at using this part of the software:
1. The Lensfun database (if going off the 0.3.2 available version) is extremely out of date. It was last updated in 2015 and lenses released since then are not covered at all. The listed lenses suppoted by Affinity Photo appears to match the 0.3.2 version. However, the development database is much newer, but the software is not being developed at all anymore (project dead). There have been no releases since 0.3.2.
My question is, does Affinity have any plans to use the development database of lensfun, or update to a more maintained lens corrections database?
2. Some lens/camera combinations do not permit even manual vignetting correction using the "Lens" tab in the Develop mode. One example is the Pentax K-1 used with the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art. In this case, checking the box or moving the slider does nothing with regards to vignetting correction. The image remains the same.
Also, are there plans to support the built-in lens profiles found in RAW files in Sony cameras?