[Leica] IMG: Threatening Weather

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Ted,

Here are a pair of images that show the need for distortion correction 
and the corrected image.  Please ignore the shapely girl and look at the 
sidewalk. :-)

Image converted from RAW with no distortion correction applied:

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/No+Distortion+Correction+Applied.tif.html

The same image once the PTLens distortion correction was applied:

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Corrected+Image.tif.html

Incidentally, PTLens did not have data on this Fujinon 35/2.0 lens when 
I purchased the lens.  I shot sample photos and sent them to them, and 
they added the correction to their stock list of corrections.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/10/2016 11:10 AM, Ted Grant wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> If you still have an un-corrected version? Would you please send it along 
> so
> we can see the distortion compared to a corrected version?
> Thank you most kindly.
> cheers,
> ted
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Jim Nichols
> Sent: August-10-16 9:03 AM
> To: LUG at Leica-Users.org; Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Threatening Weather
>
> The weather locally has been hot and unsettled, with thunderstorms, both
> heavy and light, showing up almost every day. The Fujinon 35/2.0
> captures it nicely, but the distortion of this lens must be corrected in
> order to get the preferred straight lines.  Comparisons by others have
> shown that this lens has approximately three times the distortion of the
> 35/1.4 lens, when left uncorrected.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Threatening+Weather.tif.html
>
> Best viewed LARGE.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>