2017-03-27 11:19 GMT+02:00 Alex Delaforce <[email protected]>:

> The image problem is more than distortion. The image circle doesn't cover
> the sensor leaving black corners. If I use jpeg instead of RAW I think the
> processor stretches the image to cover the rectangle corners. Which I think
> is a bit bodgy!
> I'm pretty sure I'm going to send the camera back. But I will try the xml
> file sent via this list first.
> Cheers
>
As said, this may be perfectly normal behaviour and you'll find the same
situation on any other comparable camera. To make the lenses so small and
so bright they have to make huge compromises and the first things to go are
the ones that can be corrected in post (distortion, CA, vignetting). This
is true, to a lesser degree, for many high-end lenses too.
An unprocessed RAW file in general is much worse than the default Jpeg.

If the jpeg is fine and the RAW is "bad" it's probably just distortion
correction. Usually this problems vary with focal length.
The image is not stretched, probably it is "corrected" and then cropped.

This is an example:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Zzxk.jpg

the original RAW image was bent inward so the correction pulled the center
forward. This bends the borders too so now you have to crop the picture to
make it squared again. The cropping may hide the black corners.

If you want to share a sample RAW file we may better understand the
situation.


Bye

Lorenzo

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