Hi Moose,
Yes, it would violate my personal code of conduct, but it is also
awfully tempting :-)
However, the temptation is somewhat tempered by the fact that it would
involve installing yet another piece of standalone software, which I
really hate. It is bad enough having to use Olympus Master or Silkypix
to convert the RAW images from the E420 since Adobe Camera Raw does
not yet support it.
But once Lightroom 2.0 comes out of beta status, then PTLens will be
just a Lightroom plugin and then, who knows?
:-)
Nathan
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On Jul 15, 2008, at 10:13 PM, Moose wrote:
>> Time for my unpaid, unofficial shill act for PTLens again.
>
> It's dirt cheap and astonishingly good. Reads the EXIF and makes the
> correction - like magic. Corrects distortion you might not notice
> until
> you see before and after.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Calif/HearstCastle/CdM01.htm
> >
>
> Really crucial for architectural work where you are going to do
> perspective correction. If you don't correct lens distortion first,
> you
> can end up with nice horizontal and vertical lines that are bowed in
> the
> middle.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Calif/HearstCastle/GStair.htm
> >
>
> Even with no straight lines at all, before and after make it clear
> that
> shots look more natural corrected.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Calif/Morro%20Bay/Oak01.htm
> >
> http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Calif/Morro%20Bay/OakCan01.htm
>
> I use it all the time and have never noticed any artifacts from the
> process. I do any NR before PTLens (or any perspective correction,
> etc.), so the noise pattern won't be distorted. I'm not sure if it
> makes
> a practical difference, but should in theory.
>
> I don't know if it violates one of Nathan's personal processing
> taboos,
> but should at least be of assistance to others.
>
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