Kinder Scout - Peak District, Derbyshire '16

paulyrichard
Posted 25/10/2016 - 17:02 Link
I have been using my K3II for a couple of months now and I am so pleased with how the 'Diffraction Correction' works. It's an awesome feature and I have no worries shooting at tiny apertures. This was at F16...




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Kinder Scout - Peak District, Derbyshire '16
Pentax K3II w/ HD DA 16-85mm
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Edited by paulyrichard: 25/10/2016 - 17:05
bwlchmawr
Posted 25/10/2016 - 18:32 Link
A historically famous spot. Good range of tones but the composition is too cramped for my tastes with the corners of both rocks "cut off".

Does the Diffraction Correction work on RAW files? If it does, it would be a real step forward.
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Andrew

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paulyrichard
Posted 25/10/2016 - 20:06 Link
Yeah, I have always thought the composition a little cramped too, so I take your point. But, for some reason it still seems to work in my view. Hmmm...
As for the Diffraction Correction, I solely shoot in RAW and when I process the file I see no diffraction issues and the file sharpens up nicely just like an image shot at F8 or what used to be the limit before diffraction set in.
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ronniemac
Posted 25/10/2016 - 21:07 Link
An interesting feature which I didn't even know exists. It's quite well hidden in the menu system - guess I should have read the manual.

I can see what it does from your fine photo Pauly, does anyone know how it works?
paulyrichard
Posted 25/10/2016 - 23:05 Link
Thanks, Ronnie.

All I can say is that when I sharpen (not over-sharpened in any way), my RAW file, it looks better than the outputted jpeg. There are no mushed/ diffracted details it seems. My jpeg outputs are at default settings.
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davidstorm
Posted 26/10/2016 - 22:14 Link
The image looks very nice to me, I agree with Andrew's comment about the slightly cramped composition, but there's certainly nothing wrong with the quality of the image, as far as is possible to tell from a small image on the forum.

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David
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