From the limited experimentation I have done so far, it doesn't appear to introduce any noise at all.

Just paid for it, I wish I had come across it earlier, as I have hundreds of images to reprocess now!

I wish!

Do you use any other sharpening as well, Mike, or just this program?

I think the angle of the blur is just for motion blur, which I don't have a problem with from altitude. It's the affect of focus that seems to be the main problem, and this program seems to be the solution to that. There is of course still the ongoing problem of haze, which I still haven't solved satifactorily. I am hoping an IR camera will give me good results, albeit in mono, when it's too hazy to use the K5.

Finally found a solution, which is Focus Magic, I don't know why I had not tried it before. I originally downloaded the trial version to try and improve some thunderstorm shots, but had limited success with those. Works a treat on normal aerial shots though, see my thread on Focus magic for a view of the results if interested.

I have just tried using this program on some of my aerial shots, and I have to say I am absolutely astounded by the results! I have been looking for a while to find some way of improving my aerial pictures, in fact I was going to try and create a lens profile to compensate for the windows, but I think I have found the solution with this program.

Here is an original I tried it on




!00% crop of the original




100% crop of edited version using a blur width of 2 with the focus tool in Focus Magic




I think I will be buying this once the trial period is up.

Thanks Smeggy I will download that Lens Profile Creator and give it a try. I didn't know it existed.

Crop the bottom? You perv!

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Not sure I get you on that one.

Thanks Pentaxophile, I will try that. I presume I will be able to see the adjustments as I am trying them? I am also guessing I will have to create a different profile for different focal lengths? Or is it possible there is some sort of constant?

Very nice captures, but all of them look a bit blue. I think the white balance needs correcting, and also some noise reduction. They could do with a stop less exposure and a bit more contrast too. Are they large crops?