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Re: [OM] Megapixels and detail in images

Subject: Re: [OM] Megapixels and detail in images
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:12:12 -0700
On 9/14/2016 4:16 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
Moose, just a query about deconvolution sharpening:
Does the algorithm for deconvolution take into account the lens used ?

Yes - and No.

Yes, there are deconvolution programs out there that are made for specific lenses or have profiles for individual lenses. If I recall correctly, Canon has added deconvolution profiles for at least some of their lenses to their Raw converter/editor, DPP. This just started as I was about to get out of Canon, and none of the lenses I used was on the list. Clever on their part, as it may make a Canon lens more attractive relative to third party lenses.

No, there are at least a couple of deconvolution tools that don't know what lens they are correcting. NeatImage and Topaz InFocus are the two I know and have used. Both do some sort of analysis when an image is loaded. I forget now, as I haven't used it in a while, how InFocus puts it. NeatImage 'Detects' "Blur Width (of an edge, in pixels)", and one may choose anyplace in the image to detect, then watch in a small 100% window what happens as different widths are chosen.

Although interested in some theory, as intellectual exercise, I'm a pragmatist, in that results always trump theory. These things work, and that's all I really need to know.

MikeG is the one who can answer with much greater theory/math depth.

Convoluted Moose

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