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Comment by ChrisA posted on £20 Manuel Focus Pentax A 80-200mm lens quick 1st Image at 01/05/2007 - 18:57
Sorry don't get that one Chris ??
I know you've read the debates on here about in-camera versus in-software sharpening. You've even done a moderately amusing wind-up based on that very debate.
So how can you _possibly_ not get that one?
PS... not sure doggie is really all that sharp...
Comment by ChrisA posted on £20 Manuel Focus Pentax A 80-200mm lens quick 1st Image at 01/05/2007 - 17:32
settings were saturation -1 Contrast +2 and Sharp +2 in camera on my K10D
People have been burned at the stake for less.
Comment by ChrisA posted on £20 Manuel Focus Pentax A 80-200mm lens quick 1st Image at 01/05/2007 - 14:51
The trouble with any poll is that the results are skewed by the voting base, so AP readers may well have a bias towards film, if you asked the general public or if you asked a dedicated digital forum or magazine you might get a different response.
It would be interesting (although still not proof of anything) if the poll was of specifically Digital SLR magazines' readers, and the result was still significantly biased towards film.
Comment by ChrisA posted on 63% think film gives better results than digital... at 01/05/2007 - 13:37
In other words, 63% thought film as the original source was best for the ultimate quality...so I guess it aint quite dead yet.
... so I guess it proves nothing at all.
I didn't answer the poll, and my pictures are much better with digital.
Mostly because of shake reduction, though...
Comment by ChrisA posted on 63% think film gives better results than digital... at 01/05/2007 - 11:54
That's not nice !!!!!!!!
Freezing them in mid air seems a bit of an unfair fight though...
Comment by ChrisA posted on A bit more macro practice at 29/04/2007 - 19:01
don't run around like a headless chicken
That's not nice !!!!!!!!
Comment by ChrisA posted on A bit more macro practice at 29/04/2007 - 18:48
Very short plane of focus, what aperture did you use?
It was very hard to focus, especially with the beetle running about. It was exclusively by moving the camera, not the focus ring.
Short of applying glue to the paper I had him on, I don't see how it can be made any easier.
Do macro lenses have the ability to focus over a greater range? If so I can see how an AF macro lens could make life a lot easier.
Comment by ChrisA posted on A bit more macro practice at 29/04/2007 - 17:48
Here's a couple from today with AF360+stofen on camera......
Were these shots AF or MF?
Comment by ChrisA posted on A bit more macro practice at 29/04/2007 - 17:42
I have a couple ideas that might help you kick 'em up a notch or so...
1) backgrounds, a simple piece of watercolor paper (printed or hand colored to compliment your subject mounted with a piece of wire) you could have 4 or 5 8x10 or 5x7 sheets in your camera bag.
2) soften your lights, and think of your subjects like little people that want flattering portraits....light acordingly.
Thanks !
Comment by ChrisA posted on A bit more macro practice at 29/04/2007 - 17:39
PS... not sure doggie is really all that sharp...
Which really does beg the question HOW does one judge sharpness on a web based image ???????? as each monitor is so different so in the end who and at what level is sharpness determined