Can I configure the D7000 to perform lens distortion corrections on the embedded JPEG in the RAWs it saves?

Question

Lightroom eats the distortion present in the D7000's kit lens for lunch. However, it's time consuming to check which photos I like by performing this correction on all the photos in lightroom first. Ideally, I'd like to be able to view the images on the rear LCD screen with this kind of distortion already corrected.

Is that possible through some switch I'm missing?

Answer

No. It is not possible on the D7000.

Even though the D7000 can do it on JPEGs, it is questionable to do so on a DSLR. If you did that on the RAW preview, you would get a different image compositionally-speaking from the embedded thumbnail than the RAW.

This is a feature much better suited for SLDs and both Panasonic and Olympus have implemented it in the Micro Four-Third cameras. This is because the preview is digital and therefore is taken into account in the viewfinder. Otherwise you would not be able to frame correctly since distortion correction changes the framing of your images.

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