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6 Aug 2024 21:35:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: simulating lens distortion  
From: Mike Williams
Date: 19 Jan 2002 21:52:39
Message: <f3LgyDAvjcS8Ew4E@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Bill Brehm who wrote:

>Is there any way to simulate lens distortions such as barrel distortion and
>pincushioning? I want to generate some purposely distorted images to verify
>some equipment that is supposed to measure and correct for such distortions.

If you happen to know the mathematics of the shape of a lens that
produces a particular type of distortion, then it should be possible to
construct such a lens and point the camera through it.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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