willie_901
Veteran
I predict you will be returning a lot of lenses and cameras.
michaelwj
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In all fairness to the many helpful replies, the OP got many replies filled with careful and correct explanations (that perspective distortion is not a lens distortion). The OP then ignored all this and said that the X100 didn’t have perspective distortion. Then said they’d try a bigger sensor to fix the “problem”. Then there might have been a teeny tiny bit of lighthearted well meaning ridicule.
There is a book by Amael Adams where he explains perspective and lens distortions very well called The Camera. He used LARGE FORMAT to get rid of it. Why stop at full frame?
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CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
My large format pinhole photographs are even more distorted and the camera doesn't even have a lens! Let alone a Fuji one.
Perhaps I need an 8x10 one instead? Or perhaps it's possessed, and is there an exorcism plug-in in LR?
Perhaps I need an 8x10 one instead? Or perhaps it's possessed, and is there an exorcism plug-in in LR?
michaelwj
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Obviously the hole is somehow defective. What type of pin did you use?
8x10 pffft. 11x14 as a starting point!
CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
Damn, it was a sewing needle, not a pin. I wonder if I can return it?
michaelwj
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No wonder you have so much sewing distortion. It’s like the image is falling apart at the seams.
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
i heard there is a chance to exchange your hole somewhere beyond the sea of green.
(this cultural reference shows my age)
CharlesDAMorgan
Veteran
No wonder you have so much sewing distortion. It’s like the image is falling apart at the seams.
Brilliant
!Looks like I haven't been stitched up then...
nzeeman
Well-known
also example of your "distortion"?
LCSmith
Well-known
Why has this thread incited such derision? I think you are all being a little hard on Bushwick.
nzeeman
Well-known
because he is obviously provoking people that wanted to help him understand that his lens has no distortion and to teach him basics...
LCSmith
Well-known
I do not see any provocation on his part. Clearly he thinks there is an issue with the lens. I am not sure I disagree. Mocking his opinion is mean spirited and puerile.
nzeeman
Well-known
i see this as mocking and aggressive answer...
jordan.dickinson
Jordan Dickinson
If the OP doesn't like the Fuji 23mm f2, cool. Plenty of people out there use it and love it, despite any optical issues, which I believe are pretty minimal. Hopefully he finds a camera/lens that meets his needs and post some images for the community here to enjoy.
I'm still a bit confused by the whole thing, but I've also bought and sold lenses for reasons that probably don't make sense to anyone but me.
I'm still a bit confused by the whole thing, but I've also bought and sold lenses for reasons that probably don't make sense to anyone but me.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Bushwick, here's a link to a helpful explanation of the difference between lens distortion (which I don't see in your example), and perspective distortion (which I do see in your example):
http://www.drewgrayphoto.com/learn/distortion101
http://www.drewgrayphoto.com/learn/distortion101
ptpdprinter
Veteran
OP has returned the camera and lens. I think we are done here.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Oops.. but I suspect he may find the problem cropping up in the replacement gear, given the deterioration of lens manufacturing these days.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
This sort of thread will continue to reappear as long as we live in the current physical model of the universe and have a shared sense of perspective, which leads to both converging lines at infinity and keystoning as a result of projecting usually wide angle fields of view on a 2 dimensional surface.
Phil Forrest
Phil Forrest
gavinlg
Veteran
There’s no way this wasn’t a troll thread.
jordan.dickinson
Jordan Dickinson
I was wondering about April Fool's, but maybe off by a day or two...