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12-26-2015, 11:43 AM   #46
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I imagine that if you're shooting jpegs then the in-camera DA lens distortion correction will fix the it. If you're using RAW then you'll have to do that later.

However, it is easily fixed either way.

12-27-2015, 10:07 AM   #47
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Having read up on it a bit, I don't think the lens designer intended it to be fixed. Almost invariably, when I "correct" the 21mm lens in my raw converter (Capture One), I immediately un-correct it because rectilinear projection (a form of distortion that some insist is "correct") provides an especially unnatural look. It wasn't what you saw - as your eyes are most-certainly not capable of rectilinear projection (we see in a 3D plane essentially).

If you want to use a lens for architecture or shooting resolution charts, then by all means make rectilinear a key criteria. Certainly wouldn't want to shoot a group of people with it. In this shot, the fellow on the right - who is an avid photographer - almost certainly saying to himself "you're going to make me look really stupid if you correct that image" (I didn't): Sara & James - James Robins - Powered by Phanfare

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