Does anyone use Piccure+
In photography it is always expensive one-trick ponies... Or at least the one-trick ponies are always expensive. Some people need 36 MP sensors, others don't. Some people need a 1,500 USD lens, others go with the kit lens. Some people fancy with a Zeiss Otus, others just think it is ridiculous to spend as much on a lens as others spend on cars. For people of the first categories such tools come in handy. For people of the second category it appears like a waste of money.Decision wise: if you just spend $3000 on a camera and a lens - it may actually not be entirely stupid to use software like that if it can actually correct optical aberrations that can otherwise not be corrected for 1/30th of your equipment's price-tag... And I do not want to argue with "whether that makes sense or not" - it's a personal decision. But except for the Zeiss Otus and the Sigma - there are very few to no lenses which are actually "quite usable in terms of sharpness" at open/fast apertures. Just check DPReview. So why would anybody buy a 1500 USD lens in the first place?
And btw: it fully integrates into LR, PS CC and PSE.
Best,
Lui
PS: Well, it may actually be of equal use for kit-lens users as for users of expensive lenses... So maybe I was wrong about my assumption that only "professional photographers" would use such a tool.
garyrhook wrote: Detailed analysis (above) aside, there's far more to processing an image than nitpicking lens distortion. And given the softness that passes for acceptable for many, it's difficult to understand how this can possibly be of any value.
A 14-day free trial is offered. One is tempted to check it out and compare to other tools.
In the meantime, it appears to be an expensive one-trick-pony, and/or a solution in search of a problem.
+4 passNext please
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