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G9X raw vs jpeg interesting observation

Started Mar 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
Simon97
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Re: G9X raw vs jpeg interesting observation

Very good article you posted and is pretty much what I'm seeing. Interestingly though, the G7Xii lens image circle doesn't even cover the sensor at wide angle. That point is kind of moot since the barrel distortion has to be corrected anyway. Your examples do show how much sharper the lens really is using raw as my photos were down sampled for the upload.

My old S95 was this way too. I know some compact kit lenses for  mirrorless cameras do the heavy corrected barrel distortion thing as well. Otoh, Canon's 14-45 EF-M lens doesn't have the severe barrel distortion but suffers strong vignetting. The Nikkor 11-27.5 kit lens for the N1 system has barrel distortion, but not severe like we see here. It remains the finest "kit" zoom I have used.

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