Removing wide angle lens effect

Merlin5 · 31 Mar 2019 at 03:05

I'm speaking for my Samsung phones but I imagine most phone cameras have wide angle lens. Is there a way of removing the distortion so that when I take a photo of a square or rectangular object, it actually looks square and rectangular instead of one side looking wider?

Rimsy · 31 Mar 2019 at 12:51

It's called barrel distortion (or sometimes lens distortion). Not used Photoshop for years but pretty sure you can correct it there.

neoboy · 31 Mar 2019 at 13:38

You need software as above, I use DXO OpticsPro11 that they were handing out for free before launching new Photolab software. Not sure if you can get it anymore though.

Merlin5 · 31 Mar 2019 at 19:15

Ah ok. I was hoping that there might be a way to disable the barrel distortion on the phone lens but clearly not.

mrk · 1 Apr 2019 at 16:41

There is a wide angle lens correction setting on Samsung phones with a wide angle lens. Turn it on in camera settings.

Merlin5 · 2 Apr 2019 at 02:02

mrk said:
There is a wide angle lens correction setting on Samsung phones with a wide angle lens. Turn it on in camera settings.

Do you mean the Shape Correction button? It says it corrects distortion in pictures automatically. I tried it and it makes no difference. :confused:

mrk · 2 Apr 2019 at 09:52

No there's another option specifically for the wide angle lens if your phone has a wide angle lens. What phone do you have?

Merlin5 · 2 Apr 2019 at 13:37

I've got the S7 Edge and the S6, same distortion effect on both, albeit mild distortion. I don't see any options on either phone. Here's an example, see how the bag looks wider at the top.
https://i.postimg.cc/X7BTYC62/20190402-133945.jpg

neoboy · 2 Apr 2019 at 16:32

If you click settings while in the camera app on S7 Edge, you have a shape correction option there. Results won't be particularly amazing though, I know because I have that phone