Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/03

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Subject: [Leica] Distortion tool in Lightroom? was IMG: PAW 26 Phil...x
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Mon Sep 3 22:27:46 2007
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>Phil
>
>Unfortunately there's actually no prime wide angle for 4/3 
>available, but in Oly forums rumours go about such a Zuiko lens to 
>come. Other wishful thinking is about a fourthirds 18mm/2.0 
>D-Summicron. Others hope Sigma might release their 14mm/2.8 for 4/3, 
>or at least the 20mm/1.8.
>
>Zoom lenses mostly tend to distort on the wide side, even the 
>Olympus Digital Zuiko 7-14mm does, see the bottom border of the 
>plate:
>http://tinyurl.com/2rgdrp
>Didier
>
>
>
>>Thanks Didier - a good lense might do too , when I find one LoL, as 
>>fiddling my nights away on the computer is very well, but not worth 
>>the pleasure of shooting it right first time (never happened to me 
>>by the way).
>>Thanks again
>>Phil...x
>
>

The 12-24 Sigma full frame is one of the lowest distortion wideangle 
lenses for SLR's; it beats most primes, and all of the wide zooms as 
far as I know. As well as the widest rectilinear SLR lens.


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