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Subject: [Leica] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:54:29 -0500
References: <3BB22867E6DD423BB8A3C927C08F76DE@jimnichols> <A08C3838-E317-4F3B-AF48-D1FCA5E477A7@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks for looking and commenting, Nathan.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check


> It does look straight, but of cours at 54mm it is not that surprising. It 
> is more challenging when it is with a wider lens and there are straight 
> lines along the edges.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>> While walking for exercise at the local airport, I carried the E-1 with 
>> original 14-54 lens.  As I walked down the ramp between two rows of new 
>> hangars, all with doors closed, I looked up and saw the back side of the 
>> Ascend Federal Credit Union headquarters building across the road.  With 
>> all of the window framing and structural lines, I concluded this was an 
>> ideal time to check for distortion in the images, though, admittedly, at 
>> the long end, 54mm.  I pulled up the distortion grid in PSE 11, and found 
>> nothing to correct.  The lines were, to my eyes (can't say about Moose's 
>> eyes), perfectly square.  Though it has been around a while, I find this 
>> lens/camera combination to be a pleasure with which to work.
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>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4312
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check)