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I bought Pure Raw 3 a few months before Adobe added their ML noise reduction to LR.
I would not buy it again. The new tool in LR is great.
LR states lens corrections, I still notice a bit of vignette at the wide end of my RF 24-70.
If I was annoyed by it I guess I could shoot a white wall, correct and save as default for that lens.
Distortion. Doesn't seem bad on my lens to notice if LR is doing anything. Again could shoot a brick wall, correct and save as default
No it's not
Mostly the DXO lens correction profiles being the best is marketing and a way to differentiate themselves vs. Lightroom. Lightrooms lens correction profiles are usually supplied by the manufacturer. I know Jared Polin mentioned that was the case with the new Canon 10-20mm lens at least.
For new and honestly most photographers the difference in lens correction profiles will not make a difference in their work. We are talking about very minor differences between LR and DXO lens correction profiles.
Enjoy your new lens and if you want check out the free trial of DXO but I would by no means consider it remotely necessary.
I don't know if it's necessary, but I've incorporated it as part of my workflow because I can see the difference in the noise reduction. It takes great images and imparts the wow factor to push them over the edge.
With PureRAW 2 and 3, the plug-in is great because it speeds up workflow by importing the processed files straight back into Lightroom automatically rather than you manually importing/synchronizing the new file back into the catalog.