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Help! My Fuji 16mm f1.4 is really distorted

Started Feb 17, 2022 | Questions thread
Rightsaidfred
Rightsaidfred Senior Member • Posts: 2,179
Perspectival distortion is a physical effect (not a lens/camera property)
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rileydmcdonald wrote:

Hey there! New to the forum, not to photography. I came here because I don't know where else to turn, and I really hope you can help me.

My pictures seem distorted, I'm not sure what to do, and I'm trying not to panic after spending a couple thousand dollars upgrading to a new camera and lens when my old ones were perfectly fine.

What you experience is perspectival distortion (in contrast to lens distortion such as barrel or pincushion or moustache distortion).

Perspectival distortion is a physical effect that depends in its size on the focal length and of course on the leveling of the camera in the direction of the optical axis. But not on the camera or the specific lens, only the fl.

You also should have experienced it with your 12 mm Rokinon/Samang lens!

P.S. is it possible the image sensor itself could be askew? I turned on the X-T4 without a lens earlier (IBIS on), and I could be imagining, but it seemed like the edges of the sensor weren't quite lined up right. Should I talk to Fuji?

That's completely normal. It is due to IBIS. Same with mine. No worries.

Regards,

Martin

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