I just wish the barrow effect could be solved.

I'm curious to ask, do any of you own an 8mm fisheye lens? And if so, how do you use it?

Bill

Sorry, I lost our PM window. But let me ask you this. What really IS EXIF data? DxO insist on seeing that in my original image. How would it not be there?

So do I understand that you are using DxO as well as PTLens software?

Hi Gene,

So you have used PTLens software?

Bill

I've tried all the sliders in Hemi, and nearly no benefit. I've also tried many parts of DxO. I'll wait until later today, hoping they will reply to my work request. If nothing comes from that, I'll do a trial download of PTLens, which the one (10 best software for correcting fisheye) was rated as the best.

If all else fails, I'll continue cropping the circular image to the largest 16x9 image I can. Even that cropped portion is significantly wider than the 17mm lens I have, and no correction is required.

CO, I thank you so very much for trying. I think you've spared me of buying it, and with no good outcome to happen. As I looked over options, I found one site that had a list of the ten best pieces of software for correcting distortion like this. The ViewPoint3 was the third piece, and a software called PTLens as the first choice. Have you ever heard of PTLens?

Usually the pair would be 3 1/2 and 7, or 7 and 15. I've not heard of the low speed and top speed. Saying that, recording, and playing back at 15 gives amazing sound quality, to include dynamic range not possible at slower speeds.

But Dennis, I've purchased it, and tried it. Relative to tall buildings on either side of a road, Hemi did ver little to correct the bowing. Something I was doing wrong?

It's too bad Joe that the fisheye isn't what I was wanting.

I'm enjoying the conversation here. Keep in mind, the main reason I started this conversation to give fellow members a reason to -not- be in a hurry to toss everything in to the trash.

8-track? That was an item that left plenty to be desired, including cassettes. Just for curious trivia, the university where I teach also teaches courses in film photography, even including darkroom.

I actually am willing to invest a good deal of work on single images. Just yesterday, I went to my physics lecture/lab. I used the 8mm lens, then cropped a 16x9 rectangle from the center. For the first time ever, I've been able to photograph the entire class, wall-to-wall. I always photograph each semester's class, so that I can learn their names more quickly. My 17mm Canon lens would not accomplish this. Now, do I always want to crop the 'center' of each image in order to get a pleasant looking image? No, not really. That's why I've been trying to learn DxO Viewpoint3. I've sent a sample image to DxO, asking for guidance. It's weekend, so I would expect a response until Monday or Tuesday.

Relative to Photoshop, I'm totally finished with Photoshop. Spent more than $1,000 since early 2000's, buying the original, and upgrading constantly until PSCS5. Then when I installed PSCS5 into my "new" iMac computer, I found I could use the photoshop as I have, and I've learned a great deal about Photoshop. I've even be asked by a colleague at the university to help teach it. But with PSCS5 in High Sierra, the software would instantly shut down when I'd attempt to print anything. Hmmmm, a causality of a newer OS? Probably so. I understand why Adobe must now rent out their software. Over the years, I was pissed to hear of so many who stoled a copy for their computers. So I understand Adobe's posture. Should they and Apple NOT work together, so as to not prevent me from every printing a Photoshop image? Hell yes, in my humble opinion. So that is why I'm totally in Affinity Photo. I'll leave it up to you, to decide if/when you decide to switch to Affinity Photo. I'll give you a hint: In Digital Camera magazine (out of London), there is always an article or two about Affinity Photo. The writer also writes articles about PS. Even in the most recent issue, talking about high pass filter, he says it is better in AS than in PS. I'll bet you didn't know that Adobe closed us out.

Magnapan speakers? I'm impressed. Those several cartridges you have? By today's sales patterns, they would cost probably $250 to $400 each. I think today's companies are seriously taking advantage of buyers.

Sorry I forgot to Store Original. I'll try it again.

To answer your most recent question, yes, I'm using an 8mm fisheye lens Sigma EX DG, circular lens. Does that mean that no software can 'straighten the curved lines?

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