2006/3/8, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > (and possibly do other things, like recover edges from raw, apply > > Author and copyright informations, extract the JPG preview image into > > a separate folder, start a custom PS action, and so on). > > It could be useful, although the edge recover, Author and copyright > application, and JPEG preview extraction is already covered, and if > you use CS2/Bridge/Camera Raw then the custom PS action is already > covered too.
The point here, is "do all this once and at the same time". I plug in my *ist (or SD card), launch the tool, type in the destination folder name and the file name template (for me it's something with the date and subject), and WHAM! i got all shots copied onto my disk, renamed, and so on... I can still come in with bridge afterwards, but those task I always do for all images are done in the process. > > Of course, chromatic aberration also varies with focus distance and > focal length setting in the case of zooms. So your lookup and > calculation tables are going to be complex to begin with. Subject > distance is not recorded as far as I'm aware. So there are limits to > how effective the solution can be. True. However, I count on the fact that AC does not dramatically change over small parameter changes. The most important factor is the focal length, and can be measured on a few values. The software could even interpolate for values not provided. My personal experience with a few lenses is that the AC does not significantly change with the aperture. I'm not sure about the impact of the subject distance. My guess is that it can be important for Internal Focusing lenses. The EXIF contains some hint of the focusing distance Close/Distant. Let's hope it's sufficient. > > This tool will be protected by tens of patents filed in most countries > > in the world, with a street price somewhere between US$ 150 to US$ 200 > > (I'm willing to buy all pentax lenses) ;-) > > Hmm. "Tens of patents" filed in most countries in the world won't > protect you at all since you've already distributed the idea, without > filing first, on a public forum. And I can see that the price of your > software is going to be in the four digit US$ range to pay off all > those patent attorneys... ;-) Oh. Never mind, free for those who care, then! ;-) Patrice
