I got it running on my two kubuntu 24.04 machines using the scripts described in this video:

https://youtu.be/-vkxDQBzAGc

https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux

The process was still a bit fiddly but i got all three affinity apps running now.

i believe you need distance. but you’ll loose resolution. the lens distortion will be way less fish-eye’e if you take the picture from meters away instead of centimeters. photo software like darktable also has lens correction for lots of camera-lenses. but not for smartphone lenses i believe. 🤔 not sure though.