correcting fish eye of Mamiya 24mm lens

[faneuil]

Hey all- just got back my modified fisheye Mamiya 24mm lens from SKGrimes (they do amazing work..) - they mod'ed the mount to work with my Phase XF.

The lens is a winner. Sharp. Built like a tank.
I was hoping to do some interior work with this lens, but can't seem to find the right software/ workflow to correct the fish eye.
I tried fisheye-hemi but really not such great results.

cheers,
Eric

 

[Egor]

Hey all- just got back my modified fisheye Mamiya 24mm lens from SKGrimes (they do amazing work..) - they mod'ed the mount to work with my Phase XF.

The lens is a winner. Sharp. Built like a tank.
I was hoping to do some interior work with this lens, but can't seem to find the right software/ workflow to correct the fish eye.
I tried fisheye-hemi but really not such great results.

cheers,
Eric

I will be following this post as well, Eric. I posted something like your question years ago and the best advice I received was to use hugin or PanoTools but there was not any links, much of that software is discontinued and hard to find, and no easy UI to do the corrections. It was very frustrating to say the least. I hope you get some better responses than I did, I like that lens as well!

e

 

[faneuil]

this looks promising
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/dxo/optics-pro.htm
http://www.dxo.com/us/photography/photo-software/dxo-viewpoint

eric

 

[GrahamWelland]

The original lens conversion thread mentioned params for using Hugin, which is an open source project panorama tool. Here's the post:
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/medium-...miya-lenses-fit-phase-xf-body.html#post687680

A quick google of hugin and panorama tools will get you to the software and versions for Mac and Windows etc. I'd ping Ondebanks or MilesF here at getdpi.com as they would appear to have real world experience with defishing the 24mm

 

[Egor]

The original lens conversion thread mentioned params for using Hugin, which is an open source project panorama tool. Here's the post:
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/medium-...miya-lenses-fit-phase-xf-body.html#post687680

A quick google of hugin and panorama tools will get you to the software and versions for Mac and Windows etc. I'd ping Ondebanks or MilesF here at getdpi.com as they would appear to have real world experience with defishing the 24mm

Thanks, Graham, but for instance I just googled hugin and panorama tools, and it wasn't easy for me, I was able to download (after numerous pages of ads, wiki's, and blog posts...a 3 year old version of the software. I have not yet been successful at downloading PT; however I bet I could with a little more effort and time bird dogging it. Then there is the act of getting them to work together and maybe dare I ask for a user's manual?
In any case, I will try again but something tells me this software is not supported and difficult to use. But I admit I never have dug deep enough to figure it out. Plenty of photographers have recommended it to me over the years, and I respect you and them very much. I should dig deeper and forget any dreams of a supported profitable software company with someone to hold my hand thru the install and usage process.
I'm just lazy when it comes to these things.

e

 

[TimoK]

Thanks, Graham, but for instance I just googled hugin and panorama tools, and it wasn't easy for me, I was able to download (after numerous pages of ads, wiki's, and blog posts...a 3 year old version of the software. I have not yet been successful at downloading PT; however I bet I could with a little more effort and time bird dogging it. Then there is the act of getting them to work together and maybe dare I ask for a user's manual?
In any case, I will try again but something tells me this software is not supported and difficult to use. But I admit I never have dug deep enough to figure it out. Plenty of photographers have recommended it to me over the years, and I respect you and them very much. I should dig deeper and forget any dreams of a supported profitable software company with someone to hold my hand thru the install and usage process.
I'm just lazy when it comes to these things.

e

Hugin is still alive, developing slowly.
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/index.shtml
Discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/hugin-ptx
Some years ago I made correction for Sigma 8mm. If I remember it was not too hard. You need a photo with straight lines vertically and horizontally, a brick wall will do well.

 

[torger]

I would guess that DxO viewpoint is the best in the commercial world, you could try that.

Hugin is the best in free & open source, and it's alive. I've used Hugin a fair bit for stitching a few years back and it's very capable software, but far from easy to learn due to its GUI (far from unique in the open source world in that regard, contributors like to make algorithms, not GUIs). It can do what you want, but it will likely be quite hard to figure out how to do it, unless you find some documentation/tutorial for it. If you just search the web you'll find tutorials, but some are out of date.

There's also youtube videos to find, this could suit you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTVikjF4M0

 

[faneuil]

Thanks all! I'm giving DxO Viewpoint 2 a 30 day demo trial -- and so far I am very inmpressed. Nice interface. Nice results
Here is a quick first try with Mamiya 24mm fisheye on porch. Friends having lunch..

original out of camera
1 - defish
2 - correct persepctive
3 - tweak H/V ratio

Eric

 

[faneuil]

a bit more tweaking.. digging DxO..

 

[torger]

Is it possible to see in DxO what angle of view the final cropped image has? I mean so you could compare to which focal length of a rectalinear lens you would need to get the same result?

 

[MILESF]

Graham mentioned that I might be able to help re Hugin but I am afraid it defeated me.

I have tended to use the 24mm as a fisheye and haven't tried that hard to defish it. I'm lucky to have the Phase 28mm and the Rodenstock 23mm on an RM3Di though both have their own limitations.

In certain circumstances the 24mm gives a result that I find acceptable. If you look at images of Blackrock Cottage, Glencoe (below) the 24mm gives a much wider view and more foreground than a 28mm. There is a road right behind where this photo was taken so stepping further back wasn't an option. I liked the overall result even if the walls of the cottage are a bit off and the horizon is not entirely straight