Originally posted by stevebrot It is not unusual to see water flowing uphill or cars with one side longer than the other with view camera work. More pertinent to this thread is one of the example photos above where there is an apparent "wavy" ceiling due to anomalous rendering of the light fixtures that escaped correction in PP.
I'm hoping that someone will develop a correction profile for the IRIX, as the default tools in Lightroom are more or less limited to basic barrel distortion and horizonal/vertical corrections, and it's tiring to apply these by eye each time. At some point it's a matter of Effort In vs Result Out.
But now I'm self-conscious. I'll have to give them another pass.
re: rectilinear UWA lenses, it's partially a matter of end goals. Most of the time, the photos exist to draw interest and sell a product. UWA shots exaggerate space in a compelling way and provide spacial context for the surrounding environment that no amount of creative framing with a 35mm can reproduce. I think it's important to provide a mix of fields of view, so I will generally provide 35-50mm handheld shots for details and fixtures on top of the 'show me the room' shots. I feel it works well.