OM Digital Solutions

Correcting Fisheye Distortion (Fisheye Compensation)

Correct distortion caused by fisheye lenses to give photos the appearance of pictures taken with a wide-angle lens. The amount of correction can be selected from three different levels. You can also opt simultaneously to correct distortion in photos taken under water.

  • This option is only available with compatible fisheye lenses.

    As of September 2026, it could be used with the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO.

Menu

  • MENU U b U 2. Other Shooting Functions U Fisheye Compensation

Enabling Fisheye Compensation

  1. Use FG to select [Fisheye Compensation] and press the OK button.

    Fisheye Compensation setting screen

  2. Highlight [On] using the FG buttons and press the OK button.

    Off Pictures are taken without using this function.
    On Pictures are taken with fisheye compensation applied.
  3. The display returns to the Fisheye Compensation setting screen.

Configuring Fisheye Compensation

  1. Configure options.

    • Press FG to select an item and press the OK button to display the setting menu.
    • After configuring options, press the OK button to return to Fisheye Compensation setting screen.

    Angle

    When fisheye correction is performed, the picture is cropped to eliminate blacked-out areas. Choose from three different crops.

    [1] / [2] / [3]
    Q/PCorrection

    Choose whether to correct distortion in photos taken under water in addition to the correction performed using [Angle].

    [Off]/[On]

Shooting

  1. Press the MENU button to close the Fisheye Compensation setting screen and return to shooting screen.

    • When fisheye compensation is enabled, a N icon will be displayed together with the selected crop.

  2. Release the shutter.
  • Pictures taken with [RAW] for image quality are recorded in RAW+JPEG format. Fisheye compensation is not applied to the RAW image.
  • Focus peaking is not available in the fisheye compensation display.
  • AF target selection is restricted to XSingle-S and rSingle target modes.

  • The following cannot be used:

    • Composite photography, sequential photography, bracketing, focus stacking, HDR, multiple exposure, live ND shooting, keystone compensation, the digital tele-converter, movie recording, [C-AF], [C-AFJ], [C-AF+TR], and [C-AF+TRJ] AF modes, [e-Portrait] in Picture Mode, art filters, the custom self-timer, High Res Shot, and Ksubject detection.