What is the difference of 'Low' and 'High' image distortion in Camera Calibrator App

Wentao Yuan · Feb 28, 2022 · 2K views
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In Matlab R2021b, thers is a new property named 'Image distortion', what does this means? What is the difference of 'Low' and 'High'  
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Answered Nov 20, 2025
When an image is distorted, straight lines in the image appear to be curved. Image distortion is typically high in cameras with wide-angle lens such as fish-eye cameras. Therefore, set this property to "high" only if your camera has a wide-angle lens.
 
Following is a low distortion image:
 

Following is a high distortion image: 

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