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[OM] Re: PTLens bug, was: lightroom vs lightzone vs olymaster vs olystud

Subject: [OM] Re: PTLens bug, was: lightroom vs lightzone vs olymaster vs olystudio vs ps vs capture 1
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:52:52 -0500
If you download and install the latest version of PTLens you will find 
that it's not necessary to remove EXIF info from any image.  Simply 
disable camera, lens and focal length detection and you can then 
manually select any combination you desire... even those that make 
absolutely no sense.

Chuck Norcutt

Martin Walters wrote:
> Chuck:
> I was able to select the OMZ 24/2.8 and OM 35mm camera because I had 
> never enabled "Detects Camera"). PTLens help repeated below. Otherwise 
> the OMZ lenses appear under "Canon FF"on the website.
> 
> "When PTLens identifies your camera make and model, relevent lenses 
> appear in the lens drop-down menu. For example, Canon lenses appear in 
> the menu when a Canon camera is selected. In addition, lenses 
> manufactured by 3rd party manufacturers such as Tamron, Tokina, and 
> Sigma are also included. Lenses from Pentax, Nikon, and Olylmpus are not 
> included.
> 
> But what if you want to correct an image taken with a Canon 5D and an 
> Olympus Zuiko 24mm shift lens? There are two ways this may be 
> accomplished and both techniques involve hiding the fact that the image 
> was taken with a Canon camera.
> 
> Method 1. Remove exif information from the image prior to invoking 
> PTLens. In Photoshop choose File > Save for Web. This will strip all 
> EXIF information. Then load the altered image.
> 
> Method 2. In PTLens choose Tools > Options and disable Detects Camera.
> 
> With no Camera information PTLens will let us choose any configuration. 
> For this case we would choose Olympus SLR for Make, 35mm: full frame for 
> Model, and the Zuiko 24mm shift lens in the Lens drop-down list."
> 
> I note there's a listing for a Tokina 17/3.5 ATX, but that's about it 
> for lenses one would use on an OM..
> 
> Martin
> 
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Then I suspect that he overwrote the old 24/2.8 data without realizing 
>> it or maybe he didn't use my data at all if he realized he already had it.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Walters, Martin wrote:
>>> Chuck:
>>> My computer at home is under dust covers (drywall replacement). All I
>>> know is that I've always been able to select the 24/2.8 since I bought
>>> PTLens some months ago. As I said, the only other OMZ was the 24 shift
>>> (at several displacements).  Thanks for the info about the database -
>>> that hadn't occurred to me.
>>>
> 
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