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Flowernut wrote:
I wish they would give us good optics and not lenses that have to be corrected in software.
Were that wish to come true, you would also get heavier and more expensive lenses, too. Would you prefer, for example, an RF 50 / 1.4L that was smack in the middle size/weight/price/IQ between the current RF 50 / 1.4L and RF 50 / 1.2L? On the other hand, others would prefer a much less expensive RF 50 / 1.4 that didn't "require" software corrections and split the middle between the RF 45 / 1.2 and current RF 50 / 1.4L with regards to size/weight/price/IQ.
So now we have two groups, both wanting lenses that don't "require" software correction: one group wanting an RF 50 / 1.4L that was between the current RF 50 / 1.4L and RF 50 / 1.2L, and the other group wanting an RF 50 / 1.4 that was between the RF 45 / 1.2 and current RF 50 / 1.4L. Both groups would likely complain that the lenses were too expensive -- the former group would say that you might as well just get the RF 50 / 1.2L and the latter group say that you may as well just get the RF 45 / 1.2.
What you're not going to get, of course, is an RF 50 / 1.4L that doesn't "require" software correction that splits the middle between the current RF 50 / 1.4L and RF 50 / 1.2L with regards to IQ but has the same size/weight/price as the current RF 50 / 1.4L. Simply not happening. And I think that fantasy is what most who are against software lens corrections are after.
In my opinion, I prefer how Canon has done it. Then again, I don't mind software correction -- after all, I "software correct" my photos all the time in the RAW conversion, anyway. What I do mind, however, is Canon blocking 3rd party lenses for FF lenses in RF mount that have AF. But that's another discussion entirely.
The bottom line is that I think the objections to lens software correction is the same story as the objections to digital vs film, image stabilization vs tripod, OVF vs EVF, etc.. And, of course, this psychology is not limited to cameras -- same with manual vs automatic transmissions, same with tape vs CD, etc., etc., etc.. The "old school" people still exist, of course, and feel just as strongly as ever, but as time marches on, the size of those resisting technological advances shrinks.
Myself? Well, when "photography" is reduced to talking to an AI describing what you want a "photo" of, adjusting your instructions to the AI until you're satisfied, I'll be just like you with regards to "required" software lens corrections. So we're all the same, it's just a matter of where we draw the line. : )
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