How can I remove fisheye distortion from a DJI Phantom 2 Vision camera?
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I’m looking for a simple way to reduce or remove the fisheye-style distortion from photos taken with a DJI Phantom 2 Vision. Is there any practical hardware fix, such as an add-on corrective lens, or is software correction the better option? Ideally I’d like a low-cost or free workflow for processing my images.
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I doubt there's a hardware solution to this, and if there were one, it's likely to cause a decrease in image quality. Software is your solution, here.
From the DJI website for the Phantom 2 Vision minidrone:
A lens profile released by Adobe for DJI Phantom 2 Vision's camera can be used to remove lens distortion
DJI keeps it here: http://download.dji-innovations.com/downloads/phantom-2-vision/en/PHANTOM_VISION_FC200_Files_and_Instruction_en.zip
This would require that you use post-processing software that understands adobe lens profiles (e.g., Lightroom), but that would probably be the fastest, easiest way to batch-process a number of photos to remove the distortion of the lens, particularly if you're shooting in DNG.
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Software correction is the practical solution. An add-on corrective lens is unlikely to be a simple fix and would probably reduce image quality.
For the DJI Phantom 2 Vision, DJI provides an Adobe lens profile for the camera. If you use software that supports Adobe lens profiles, you can apply that profile to correct the lens distortion. This is especially convenient for batch processing multiple images, and it should work well if you’re shooting DNG files.
So: use post-processing rather than trying to modify the lens physically.
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