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

Started Feb 17, 2022 | Questions thread
Phil1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,307
Re: Help! My Fuji 16mm f1.4 is really distorted
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It's common to find wide angle distortion which is particularly noticeable when taking shots of e.g. a group of people. The poor people at the edges of the shot will appear fat and distorted! This can be remedied to a degree in software (DxO anamorphic correction or Lightroom – do a Google search) but it is better not to include important subjects at the edges of a w/a shot if possible. This effect will occur on top of the forms of distortion described so well by the other contributors.

Of course, when you are making panos this will cause problems so, as advised by others here, it would be better not to use a lens with too wide a view.

Phil

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