New Varia RCT715 close proximity lines curved at edges.of image/video.

As per title, I have a new Varia RCT715 and I've noticed close proximity lines are curved at edges.of image/video. This results in distortion of detail towards the edges of the image. It looks like the image wants to curve into a circle at the edges (see lhs of attached image, the curtain edge and window frame appear curved not straight as they are in reality). Has anyone else experienced this?

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tmk2 3 months ago +1

This is a normal phenomenon for wide-angle optics. In theory the image could be post-processed by the camera's computer to make the edges straight, but this would result in some cropping, and this is something…

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0 tmk2 3 months ago

This is a normal phenomenon for wide-angle optics. In theory the image could be post-processed by the camera's computer to make the edges straight, but this would result in some cropping, and this is something you'd want to avoid with this type of device.

0 7431846 3 months ago in reply to tmk2

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I'm no expert on optics so was a bit deterred.

Regards.