Killin' time and playin' wif da camera in Fuat Wuth . . .

[AndyS]

I got a new super wide zoom -- not new but new to me -- 7-14 f4 (14-28 35mm eq) and found myself in downtown Fort Worth. I was at the old county court house (old but still active for county functions) and snapped a few.



Nice pic but I wasn't that happy with the perspective, a bit too extreme for me, so I switched the Perspective correction function on in my OMD. That allows me to modify the image in-camera to correct the extreme perspective for a more natural appearance more closely matched to what our brain perceives.



Details: OMD EM1 mkii, Zuiko 7-14 f4 at 7mm, ISO 200, 1/640 at f11, Perspective correction applied in-camera.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. Perspective correction is so cool.

In the good old days of film I had a Nikon lens that did that, but this is much better and easier to do.

Now, does your camera have a correction feature to make me look thinner?

[AndyS]

3. Thinner? Not in-camera but with post processing anything is possible!

When I left college my camera kit was a 4x5 Calumet view camera, an RB 67 and two OM 35mm bodies with lenses from 21-300mm. My camera bag was a VW Bug.

I did perspective correction by keeping the camera level and raising the lens on 4x5.

About the only thing digital can't do at this point is the Schiemflug pricipal; laying the plane of focus horizontal instead of vertical, but I'm sure it's coming.

[3auld6phart]

2. Majestic

A lot ,a great lot of these older buildings put the modern
buildings to shame. A lot of artistry and craftsmanship
went into the construction of the older buildings for sure.

[AndyS]

4. Oh yeah! All the facades have carvings and figures.

We don't seem to have time for that kind of fine detail anymore.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Very nice, Andy! I love these old historic sandstone buildings. Ya done good! ♥

[AndyS]

8. Yes, they are beautiful.

There's another in Weatherford just west of me. Right now it's swamped in controversy over Confederate Monuments and lots-o-rednecks.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Beautiful crisp lines, blue sky ...

Very very nice!

[AndyS]

9. Thank you DD. It is a glorious old building surrounded by chrome and glass. nt

[Grumpy Old Guy]

7. Wow! The OMD has perspective control?

That's a big deal. I have to do it in post.

I love my ultrawide lens. It's always in my bag.

[AndyS]

10. Yeah, and other stuff that even I am just discovering.

It's all in that dreaded "Olympus menu system" that intimidates even the most ardent fanboy. There's stuff buried in there!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

11. I know my R5 has raw processing in the camera,

but I don't think it handles perspective.

[AndyS]

12. Yeah, that's in there too (for jpeg) but I'm not dedicated enough to do that in-camera on a

3" screen. I suppose if you're sending the image via cell phone directly to an editor that could be important tho. Canon has had an edge on that type of interface for awhile and the new stuff is going to get better.