Can the Sony A6000 shoot with a Sony 10-18mm lens keeping the barrel distortion?

[kovacshuni]

I'd really like to make some barrel distorted shots, a bit like the GoPro does, and i'm looking to by the Sony SEL1018 10-18mm F4 OSS E-mount lens. I'm very curious though if i will be able to use it for barrel distorted shots.

The raw format of the pictures resulted with the 16-50 kit lens is distorted and i really like it. And it's only at 16mm, so if i can get wider and more distorted, i'd be happy. It should work the same so i expect a yes as answer, but i wanted to check with you.

Thank you

 

[PhotoTeach2]

I'd really like to make some barrel distorted shots, a bit like the GoPro does, and i'm looking to by the Sony SEL1018 10-18mm F4 OSS E-mount lens. I'm very curious though if i will be able to use it for barrel distorted shots.

The raw format of the pictures resulted with the 16-50 kit lens is distorted and i really like it. And it's only at 16mm, so if i can get wider and more distorted, i'd be happy. It should work the same so i expect a yes as answer, but i wanted to check with you.

Thank you

If you like that effect, you may want to go for a full "fish-eye" type lens.

"Barrel" distortion is usually very-unwanted, thus usually "corrected".

However "perspective" distortion is often used creatively, (as "fish-eye" is also).

 

[Tom Axford]

I'd really like to make some barrel distorted shots, a bit like the GoPro does, and i'm looking to by the Sony SEL1018 10-18mm F4 OSS E-mount lens. I'm very curious though if i will be able to use it for barrel distorted shots.

The raw format of the pictures resulted with the 16-50 kit lens is distorted and i really like it. And it's only at 16mm, so if i can get wider and more distorted, i'd be happy. It should work the same so i expect a yes as answer, but i wanted to check with you.

If you shoot in raw, then any good raw processor should be able to cancel the automatic correction for lens distortion and even add more barrel distortion if that is what you like.

If you move the Distortion slider one way you get barrel distortion, while if you move it the other way you get pincushion distortion. Choose your poison!

 

[bclaff]

I'd really like to make some barrel distorted shots, a bit like the GoPro does, and i'm looking to by the Sony SEL1018 10-18mm F4 OSS E-mount lens. I'm very curious though if i will be able to use it for barrel distorted shots.

The raw format of the pictures resulted with the 16-50 kit lens is distorted and i really like it. And it's only at 16mm, so if i can get wider and more distorted, i'd be happy. It should work the same so i expect a yes as answer, but i wanted to check with you.

Thank you

Check the menu settings for "Lens Comp" and see what your choices are.

In any case, if you shoot raw, I think the lens correction is stored in the raw file and can be disregarded depending on your raw processing software.

 

[zackiedawg]

As others mentioned, you will still get some barrel distortion with the lens, especially if you turn off the lens corrections in the camera or use RAW where it's not applied. You can always also introduce severe distortion intentionally with rectilinear UWA lenses by simply aiming the lens slightly up or down from the level horizon...some like to play with that type of perspective distortion.

Though I tend to think that the easier and much cheaper option would be to just go with a fisheye lens, which will give much more severe barrel distortion, even if you shoot JPG - it's not something the camera can correct. A very inexpensive option would be to pick up one of the used Sony 16mm F2.8 pancakes which you can usually get under $100 and the ECF-1 Fisheye converter that attaches to that lens. This will give you a 10mm equivalent, full fisheye lens, and cost should be in the $100-200 range for both pieces.

 

[kovacshuni]

That's not what i asked. Bump. Anyone else with the exact camera and lenses?

 

[kovacshuni]

Thank you! That's what i wanted.

 

[PhotoTeach2]

Thank you! That's what i wanted.

You do realize that "barrel" distortion in a (rectilinear) lens is NOT normally considered a good-thing ???

It is an indicator of a "cheap" lens -- that was not-acceptable back in film days and before digital could "correct" for it -- so now more allowed.

But they do make/sell intentional "fish-eye" lenses, (and adapters), for that purpose.

But I am not denying the "effect" can be interesting and I have used both F-E lens and adapters.

 

[FrancoD]

Thank you! That's what i wanted.

You do realize that "barrel" distortion in a (rectilinear) lens is NOT normally considered a good-thing ???

It is an indicator of a "cheap" lens -- that was not-acceptable back in film days and before digital could "correct" for it -- so now more allowed.

But they do make/sell intentional "fish-eye" lenses, (and adapters), for that purpose.

But I am not denying the "effect" can be interesting and I have used both F-E lens and adapters.

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