Do you use a wide-angle lens? Then you need PTLens!

Glenda - I have a camera that shoots at a 23mm wide angle. I think it shows much more of the room without distortion.

Glenda, Thanks for the tip.  I have been using Photoshop to straighten some photos.  I will have to try this.  My feeling is that the more you can show in a photo about a listing the better -- unless it is distorted.

Robert,  I just looked at your blog and the photos of the condo look distorted to me -- I think they would be much more appealing if the lines were straightened.

Glenda: This is food for thought. I use a 23mm Kodak V570 camera. I never considered the distortion but I can definately tell the difference in your photos.

Hi Glenda,

I use Photoshop for correcting all of my barrel distortion, verticals, etc. But I've heard that PTLens is an excellent program, and can do corrections specific to the type of camera or lens you use. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks!

Great find! Thanks for sharing your post has been featured in the Photography group.

We definitely will check this out... Have a new sony cybershot and needing to get a wide angle lens. This will help out alot. Thanks

Thanks for the tip.  I'll check it out.

Hi Glenda! I've gotten the trial version on PT Lens since you mentioned it to me in Flickr, and it really does give an added sharpness to the image that wasn't there before. Most people won't notice the distortion until they are trained to see it, but they will notice that extra crispness in an intuitive way. Thanks!

Glenda:

PTLens is an excellent product, and it is the first step I use when importing any image over after preprocessing in Camera RAW.  The GREAT thing about PTLens is that it has algorithmns for most every DSLR and lens on the market.  Since most image data is captured in metadata, PTLens uses that information and pulls from its database to correct the image distortion properly based on the equipment used in the shot.  You don't need to make the adjustment, the software does it for you.  So, if you switch lenses during a shoot, PTLens will recognize that and make the changes based on the distortion values of each lens.

Glenda:  Yes, PTlens.  I don't know how I got along without it!

Michael

Great information, I will pass all of it on to our listing manager.

Thank you.

Margaret

The Panasonic cameras with a wide angle lens already correct for distortion in the camera but for others PTL works well.

Nice examples.

If you are a photoshop user, you can correct barrel distortion in PS. You can also correct verts and rotation issues there. The newest PS, CS4 has a few new features that let you do it all right there. PTLens is good and very automatic though so if you are not too techy, it might be the best alternative for you.

And the really wide angle lenses like the Sigma 10-20 can have a "moustache" distortion that PS and PSP can not easily fix.  But PTLens can do it.

Like you said the effect is subtle but noticeble. I'll have to dig a little deeper. Btw, I hate distortion.  : )

That is very cool Glenda. I understand that the latest version of PS has a anti-distortion function as well.

Im wondering if when using PT Lens and HDR (while stacking the pictures) will it effect the final process....