On 4 May 2005 at 12:32, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
 
> This looks fishy to me.
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/image/42779421
> 
> As in fisheye-like distortion. Can someone explain?

What you are seeing is perspective distortion since the lens is pointed down, 
the barrel distortion inherent in this lens wouldn't be noticeable in this 
image. I made a very quick and dirty perspective correction with no barrel 
distortion correction to illustrate:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/42779421.17.jpg

Cheers,


Rob Studdert
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