Thought you might find these interesting. Sorry about the color difference. The Browser in CS doesn't edit TIFFs. The first one is the Fisheye alone, the second one is using the Fisheye correction of Capture 4.
i too like the first one's brightness, and i think the fisheye effect works well... just my 2cents. interesting to know software can overturn such an effect if desired...
OwlsEyes wrote:
Hugh,
Thanks for posting these... I have been looking for an example of how capture can de-fish the fisheye.
regards,
bruce
Hello Bruce,
You are welcome. Just keep in mind that this was a best case. The lens was level so the corrections didn't warp things in a new direction. Anyway, it's kind of neat.
Craig B. wrote:
Pretty amazing Hugh. Call me weird, but I like the first one better. Maybe it's because of the color.
Hello Craig,
Sure, no problem, I'll call you wierd . Seriously, the fisheye effect can be effective. Mostly, however, I got the lens for 'wide' and appreciate being to normalize the perspective.
tazo wrote:
i too like the first one's brightness, and i think the fisheye effect works well... just my 2cents. interesting to know software can overturn such an effect if desired...
Hello Daniel,
Thanks for commenting. A couple of the images in the gallery benefit from the fisheye look, on the others the 'fix' improves them, I think .
There are no adjustments in the Capture 4 window. You just click whether or not you want to correct for the FishEye. You could try to compensate in PhotoShop, but I doubt you would have much success.
clew wrote:
is it possible to crop a little more of the vertical and retain all the horizontal? if so, how would that look? (more of a pano?)
I muck with fisheyes in my spare time. This 10.5 and push-button software is avant garde thinking for a large company - kudos to Nikon. In Hugh's sample, there's a disproportionate loss of data from the left and right sides of the defished image. This is because the image has been generated to retain the original aspect ratio. Other defishing software can minimize the pixels lost, but the final image will be wider (more like an HDTV aspect ratio).
Timm wrote:
Whoah! Two lenses for the price of one!
Now I know what lens to dream about getting when I'm dreaming about getting a D70.
Thanks.
Hello Timm,
I guess it's only fair to mention that some of the 'correction' is much less effective than the example. That said, the small size and light weight make it worth carrying.
rico wrote:
I muck with fisheyes in my spare time. This 10.5 and push-button software is avant garde thinking for a large company - kudos to Nikon. In Hugh's sample, there's a disproportionate loss of data from the left and right sides of the defished image. This is because the image has been generated to retain the original aspect ratio. Other defishing software can minimize the pixels lost, but the final image will be wider (more like an HDTV aspect ratio).
Hi Rico,
Thanks for the added information. What software do you recommend?
. Seriously, the fisheye effect can be effective. Mostly, however, I got the lens for 'wide' and appreciate being to normalize the perspective.