Post by engineerd on Nov 25, 2012 7:11:10 GMT -5
I took this photo looking up Front Street in Toronto with my wife's Nikon S8200 point and shoot:
Front Street by engineerd, on Flickr
I chose the S8200 because, of the P&S cameras I could get with credit card points, it had the best ratings on a variety of sites (B&H, Adorama, etc.). It is a very nice camera and does a great job in general. However, probably due to its very high zoom (14x), it has some lens distortion, as you can see. No, buildings in Toronto aren't falling over.
Last night I played with the Lens Correction section of the Develop screen in LR4 and corrected the distortion as you can see. It's pretty amazing how good of a job it did. I just played with the "Vertical" slider until I got everything standing straight up. Then I adjusted the crop and - abracadabra! - no more vertical distortion. I then saved the lens correction profile so I can apply it quickly in the future.
Front Street - Distortion Corrected by engineerd, on Flickr
Front Street by engineerd, on Flickr
I chose the S8200 because, of the P&S cameras I could get with credit card points, it had the best ratings on a variety of sites (B&H, Adorama, etc.). It is a very nice camera and does a great job in general. However, probably due to its very high zoom (14x), it has some lens distortion, as you can see. No, buildings in Toronto aren't falling over.
Last night I played with the Lens Correction section of the Develop screen in LR4 and corrected the distortion as you can see. It's pretty amazing how good of a job it did. I just played with the "Vertical" slider until I got everything standing straight up. Then I adjusted the crop and - abracadabra! - no more vertical distortion. I then saved the lens correction profile so I can apply it quickly in the future.
Front Street - Distortion Corrected by engineerd, on Flickr
I can't blame my phone for that!! 