Was this one shot at Winsor's recommended f/8? I think I'd even try
f/5.6. In addition to the pixel diffraction problem I think these
shorter focal length lenses for smaller sensor cameras tend to have
sweet spots a stop or two lower than we've been accustomed to with 35mm
lenses. If it were me I'd try ISO 100,200 and 400 at f/4, 5.6, 8 and
11. If the right image isn't found in that group send it back.
ps: I think I'd also only print an 8x10 cropped from 1/4 of the image.
Printing 16x20's has got to get expensive after a while.
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Whitmire wrote:
> In a word: Soft. And grainy. Shot at ISO 200. Way too fuzzy for
> anyone to take seriously. There are elements of the image that ought
> to be razor sharp and aren't. For example, a man in a boat down the
> cove should be clear, and instead is a blob. Names painted on the
> back of several lobster boats should be easily readable and aren't.
>
> I've tried to raise up a few E-1 images to 16x20 that wouldn't make
> it, but even they looked much better than this.
>
> Didn't matter whether I shot on AF or MF, either. All the images are
> soft. I just picked one that I thought I might have printed anyway
> and put it through my workflow, which is basically Levels, LCE to
> greater or lesser degree, and sharpening. Sometimes I do saturation
> adjustment or mess with shadow/highlight to bring down some of the
> highlights or bring up some shadow detail.
>
> Today, I'm going to reset the camera to factory defaults and start
> over. If that don't get me pointed in the right direction . . .
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Jun 23, 2007, at 12:15 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>
>> Ok, let's deal with this systematically. What exactly is "off"
>> about the image?
>
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