Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amazing the things people will blithely put up with and do if there's a red dot on the front of the camera. Now if we were talking about a Fuji, and said it does this and that and the other thing - but suffers from barrel and pincushion distortion, but "you can take it out in software," people would rant and rave about wanting a camera that doesn't put the distortion in in the first place. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:34 PM To: leica-users Subject: Re: [Leica] More Digilux 2 images On 1/27/04 12:19 PM, "Michiel Fokkema" <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > Hello Ted, > > I think I see barrel distortion a bit in the second picture and a lot > in the third picture. Distortion is when straight lines look bend in > the picture. If they bend inwards it is pincushion distortion, when > they bend outwards it is barrel distortion. This type of distortion is > very hard to correct in zoom lenses. In the wide range you have barrel > distortion that changes to pincushion distortion in the tele range. It > does not disapear when the lens is stopped down. > You probably were never very aware of distortion because quality lenses > are well corrected. One exception is the Leica 28-70, that is so bad in > this respect that I sold it as fast as I could. > Nice thing of digital images is that you can correct these distortions. > Don't ask me how because I don't know, I also use high quality lenses:-) > > Best regards, > > > Michiel Fokkema > You take the barrel distortion out in software. :) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland, Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/Catagorypages/PersonalWork.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html