jonoslack
Active member
HI There
I have Amin to thank for getting around to looking at this, which probably also relates to the G1 (I might have a look at that later on).
I think most of us have realised that there is lens correction applied to the lovely new leica 24-60 summicron lens on these two cameras. I had not had a chance to look at the full implications of this until Amin pointed me in the right direction.
I had been using Capture one to develop the D-lux4 RAW files with some success, this automatically applies the lens correction. Here are some comparisons (apologies for the horrid photo)
This is the full image (in each case the capture one shot is first)
Here is a centre crop
and this is one from the corner
In each case the file has a little sharpening applied after conversion.
It would seem like there is no such thing as a free lunch!
I have to say, I'm not very happy about the concept of designing lenses with the express intention of correcting distortion in post processing - it clearly has an effect on detail, and very much locks one in to the raw converter connected with the camera.
What do you think?
I have Amin to thank for getting around to looking at this, which probably also relates to the G1 (I might have a look at that later on).
I think most of us have realised that there is lens correction applied to the lovely new leica 24-60 summicron lens on these two cameras. I had not had a chance to look at the full implications of this until Amin pointed me in the right direction.
I had been using Capture one to develop the D-lux4 RAW files with some success, this automatically applies the lens correction. Here are some comparisons (apologies for the horrid photo)
This is the full image (in each case the capture one shot is first)
Here is a centre crop
and this is one from the corner
In each case the file has a little sharpening applied after conversion.
It would seem like there is no such thing as a free lunch!
I have to say, I'm not very happy about the concept of designing lenses with the express intention of correcting distortion in post processing - it clearly has an effect on detail, and very much locks one in to the raw converter connected with the camera.
What do you think?