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by **NikonUser** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:13 pm

... and if it is. When do we get the Photoshop Plugin?

http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/Aug05/OSR0406.html

Paul

by **Killakoala** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:20 pm

Looks fake to me.

If it is real it is amazing, but i can't see how any algorithm could possibly get that much detail of an out of focus blob like that.

by **lejazzcat** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:32 pm

I cant imagine how either - but im impressed enough to send for more information! :wink:

by **lejazzcat** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:45 pm

Any Unix IT people here want to' have a go...' ?

http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~nagy/Resto ... index.html

by **frink** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:30 pm

Scientists used no adaptive optics to generate the enhanced image; the high resolution is due solely to computational image processing algorithms. (images courtesy of Dr. Stuart Jefferies, MSRC director, and Ms. Kathy Schulze, KJS Consulting)

I think in this case the real 'trick' relies on the use of adaptive optics. The technology has been around a while.. so I'm not sure what's new here.. maybe they've improved the algorithms used in processing.
Unfortunately unless you have some mythical adaptive optics lens (I wish..

) I can't see it being much use for the average photographer.

More info on adaptive optics here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics

Maybe I've missed something here though

I'd be interested to see results if anyone can get that software working properly

by **NikonUser** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:34 pm

But doresn't it say they use NO adaptive optics?

by **MATT** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:48 pm

Hope its for real. then we cam through away our Nikon stuff and buy some sigma or tamron.. :lol:

MATT

by **Matt. K** on Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:11 pm

I think this is a case of taking imagery using optics with known distortion parameters and using software algothingies to remove or correct that distortion. It's a bit like profiling your lens on your D70 and having software to correct for all the aberrations.

If after reading the above anybody believes I know what I am talking about....then I gotcha! :lol: