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Re: [OM] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:29:22 -0500
I agree, Moose.  But, with today's locked gates at even small airports, I 
wasn't in a position to cross the fence and road to shoot it with the 14mm 
end.  Maybe on another day........... ;~)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check


> On 4/10/2013 12:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> ... I concluded this was an ideal time to check for distortion in the 
>> images, though, admittedly, at the long end, 54mm.  I pulled up the 
>> distortion grid in PSE 11, and found nothing to correct.  The lines were, 
>> to my eyes (can't say about Moose's eyes), perfectly square.  Though it 
>> has been around a while, I find this lens/camera combination to be a 
>> pleasure with which to work.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4312
>
> The original 14-54 is relatively large and heavy because it was designed 
> as a highish end, low compromise lens. Oly
> didn't want a mediocre lens, like the kit zooms on standard DSLRs, to 
> prevent their new format from looking good, so
> their first kit lens was a step or two above.
>
> There is generally little linear distortion at the long end of low focal 
> length range zooms anyway. So I would expect
> exactly what you found.
>
> Arrow Straight Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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