Wide Angle Lenses: Tips for Dealing with Distortion
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
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In this clip from a guide to Nikon lenses, John Greengo compares the distortion that appears in the frame as you shoot with 100mm, 50mm, 35mm, 28mm, 24mm, 20mm, 17mm, 16mm lenses.
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Oh man it was the best explanation about distortion of wide lenses, extremely ThAnX.
This type of distortion isn't actually caused by the lens itself, it's just an effect of the high field of view. The real cause is actually just because of the way projection works, and how a right angle triangle's side angle decreases slower as the adjacent side increases while the opposite stays the same. If you had one eye shut and a screen in front of you taking exactly the same amount of your field of view as the lens, it'd look normal, like you were there.
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Crisp and beautiful explanation, with a lot of content. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing. This is very informative
Great explanation. It was really helpful!!
Great explanation of distortion differences! Thanks....
Amazing video ..,never seen a video like this
Life saver 😍 thanks for the tutorial!
this video simple but effective and helpful
Thank you, very useful. I am going to use 40mm as my limit after seeing slight stretching at 35.
Great video!
really healpful !
Thank you.
Sir, thank you. I have a question, does every wide angle lens distort the same amount? I have a 10mm sigma and I always felt that the 10mm canon lens distorts less... Is it possible? I am talking APS-C here, so it's comparable to the 16mm in the video.
No, usually the wider the lens the more distortion you will get. It is nonlinear, meaning the difference between a 10mm and a 16mm is a lot stronger than a 20mm and a 28mm.
There are manufacturers that produce lenses with less distortion even at focal lenghts of like 12mm (check out the subject "rectilinear lenses). DIfferent lenses with the same focal length can have different amounts of distortion. Researching and checking out the looks of these lenses before purchase will help you in your decision making.
Cheers
excellent explanation. but i have a question. is the sensor size make any difference? (what sensor this photograph taken with? aps-c? fullframe?) thanks
A 20mm on a crop sensor would be nearer 30mm so distortion is less. Which is great. I have a 20mm used on 850 and 7200 nikons. Great on both less distortion on crop sensor
thumbs up, nice video
I knew all this but is such a nice video if you don't know these informations.I wish i've seen this in 2015
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Very well explained. Thanks 4 that. U now have a new subscriber...ME and a LIKE. Cheers !!!
False info, it was not due to the lens but to changing perspective by moving the camera-subject distance.
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this doesn't have anything to do with d lens... it all depends on how closer the subject is to d camera to make this .... the farther away the camera is from the subject.. the lesser the distortion
yes and no.
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So despite the title, no actual tips for dealing with distortion.
He kinda did:
1. You can correct barrel distortion in post using software.
2. You use the distortion to your advantage as a creative choice in photography to exaggerate / emphasize objects in the foreground.
3. You might want to avoid shooting a person in the corner of the frame when using a wide angle lens as the distortion is usually strongest towards the edges, unless - again - it's on purpose and there is artistic meaning behind it.
Finally I would add to the list that
(4.) the difference between a 12mm and a 16mm are incredibly more severe than between a 40mm and say a 50mm. So basing your purchases on your personal preferences as to what you shoot mostly beforehand will help you in your decision making when it comes to buying lenses. (If you purchase lenses online you can send them back if you don't like the look, or you can test them in a local camera gear shop).
(5.) Different manufacturers and specific lenses within their product lines have stronger "in-lens"- correction of barrel distortion. (check out "rectilinear lenses"). Researching and checking out these lenses will definitely help eliminating a large portion of this distortion we see in most wide angle lenses. (bare in mind this, as anything with lenses, will usually always come with a trade off (price, quality, vignetting, etcet)
Hope this helped clear out what has and hasn't been said in this video.
Cheers
You never addressed how to deal with wide angle lens distortion.
He kinda did:
1. You can correct barrel distortion in post using software.
2. You use the distortion to your advantage as a creative choice in photography to exaggerate / emphasize objects in the foreground.
3. You might want to avoid shooting a person in the corner of the frame when using a wide angle lens as the distortion is usually strongest towards the edges, unless - again - it's on purpose and there is artistic meaning behind it.
Finally I would add to the list that
(4.) the difference between a 12mm and a 16mm are incredibly more severe than between a 40mm and say a 50mm. So basing your purchases on your personal preferences as to what you shoot mostly beforehand will help you in your decision making when it comes to buying lenses. (If you purchase lenses online you can send them back if you don't like the look, or you can test them in a local camera gear shop).
(5.) Different manufacturers and specific lenses within their product lines have stronger "in-lens"- correction of barrel distortion. (check out "rectilinear lenses"). Researching and checking out these lenses will definitely help eliminating a large portion of this distortion we see in most wide angle lenses. (bare in mind this, as anything with lenses, will usually always come with a trade off (price, quality, vignetting, etcet)
Hope this helped clear out what has and hasn't been said in this video.
Cheers
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