On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Martin Ling <martin-uf...@earth.li> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:07:09AM -0600, Udi Fuchs wrote: >> >> Before making this decision, I should understand better how we expect >> users to update the lensfun database. > > The problem is that right now there is no tool for this. Because of this > lensfun is really an unfinished project.
Well, not really... Hugin can (I think) be used for calibration... Why do this work twice? >> For white balance camera presets, I added a warning icon that shows up >> for unsupported cameras and points the user to instructions on how to >> submit this information. This was very successful in getting users >> respond. > > For white balance presets, users can use UFRaw to get the correct > values. For lensfun, they can get a rough guess by visual feedback with > UFRaw but this really isn't good enough to then go in the database as > something to be taken as accurate by other users. Eyeballing the results, is no where near accurate enough. > We could let UFRaw become the calibration tool, by adding all the code > to do calibration, such as a UІ to add straight line constraints for > distortion, and numerical optimisation routines for this and the > vignetting and CA models. But this would then be a waste because people > using cameras that don't output raw files couldn't use it. > > So - if we're not going to do that, then what is the point in having > these manual model controls in UFRaw? For example I can see people using the vignetting control for creative purposes. Regards, Pascal de Bruijn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ ufraw-devel mailing list ufraw-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ufraw-devel
