Can a convex reflection be corrected using a concave mirror?

[Paul Aitken]

If one took a photograph of a reflection from convex reflective surface. Could one use concave mirror to obtain the original undistorted image?

 

[DEvens]

If one took a photograph of a reflection from convex reflective surface. Could one use concave mirror to obtain the original undistorted image?

You can correct part of the distortion, but not necessarily all of it.

Part of the distortion is the mis-proportion. And that could be corrected with the correct optical system. Assuming that the distortion is not too pronounced such that you get rings out of straight lines, for example.

But part of the distortion is likely to be that parts of the image are out of focus. A an out of focus photograph is not going to be corrected by putting it through an optical system.