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very nice david i have been following your posts when i get online
and am very impressed with what you do with the camera inspirational pictures,

i hope i can do the camera justice as you do i havent had a chance yet to really try the camera ouit but what i have taken so far i cant say im unhappy with some ooffs down to me,

i would like to have a model available to me :( sad i dont so i have to go out an take outdoor type work wildlife fauna etc ,

ill have to post some pics very soon if weather permits and i only have low end nikon at the moment ,

ill have to wait till i can aford to buy better as im waiting on emmigration to give go ahaead to move to canada fingers crossed that is :),

keep posting the images and good work
 
very stunning sharpness. amazing detail, do you use the auto or maunal focus David? even teh detail under her pours was amazingly sharp for 100%
thanks for posting!
 
David,
Thanks for sharing this great image.

I have a question not related to sharpness. Does this image have exact exposure, brightness, contrast? I'm trying to find pattern to follow with my shots. As books I read say the ideal histogram should be filled from lift to the right. Your image is not compliant with those rules, but it's just great.

What kind of corrections would you do to make final image (increase brightness, contrast, change color or just nothing). Could somebody post corrected copy of this image please?
Thank you
Vlad
David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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Nice picture, David! I also own three Sigma EX-series lenses, and I am very pleased with them, and with my S2. However, from your picture, I could now clearly see the moire effect on the hair (particularly on the left side, near the model's mouth). Apart from that, I can see that you might have used f2.8 for the aperture, as the DOF is very limited. Had you used f8, you would definitely end up with more sharpness.

Cheers,
Andre
David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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Thank you David for stunningly laying to rest the question of S2 sharpness. Now, to those who have less than sharp images, get good lenses and good technique and stop blaming the camera.

Paul.
 
Beautiful. I'm sorry to say, but I doubt this image (a 12MP) has never been sharpened at all. Please take a look at the eye region; it cannot be sharper than it is. I had the S2 for 6 days and did numerous tests with it, on a good tripod and with excellent lenses (but I have to admit I always did shot in auto focus mode). I couldn’t get any 12MP image to be as sharp as this one without processing. My pictures didn't come out that sharp even when I resampled down to 6MP. I still had to apply some USM to them to make them decent. Maybe my S2 was a piece of sh* , or David's S2 is the most outstanding of the S2s. Anyway I've returned mine. Nobody denies your excellent photographic skills David, but you don't have to be sarcastic, those of us with sharpness problems, we didn't make up these sharpness problems. There are real problems with the S2s, and there are many owners that complained about that. Are we all stupid? We don't know to take pictures? We have all cra y lenses?

PS David could you tell us the name of that bar in Montreal where you took those beautiful pictures of your blond model? I live in Montreal and I've never seen a bar with such nice natural light so far.
David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.



--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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I wouldn't say David was being sarcastic Titus. He simply was showing a an excellent shot that he took that he feels is very sharp and shows what the S2 is capable of. No sarcasm in his post or accusations of those saying they are having softness issue that they are crazy or stupid. You are reading too much into it.

Teski
Titus said:
David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.



--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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...Next time that you post a link to the pic without the .jpg and have people go to the pbase location? It's a pain scrolling through such a huge pic.

Excellent work though!

Teski
David Blecman said:
For those of you having sharpness issues, I invite you to look at
thisull sized 4.2MB image from the Fuji S2 and my cheap Sigma 28-70
2.8 lens, totally untouched from the camera.

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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Titus,

If you doubt me that that image isn't sharpened, you're both ignorant and not suitable for public discussions. That image is straight from the camera, shot in in AF handheld. If you don't believe me I could care less.

The bar was in Versus Restaurant on the corner of St Sulpice and St Paul in Old Montreal. Take your suspicious ass there yourself and investigate it.

Strike Two!!

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
 
Vlad said:
David,
Thanks for sharing this great image.
I have a question not related to sharpness. Does this image have
exact exposure, brightness, contrast?
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I am not quite following what you are asking.
Vlad63918 said:
I'm trying to find pattern to
follow with my shots. As books I read say the ideal histogram
should be filled from lift to the right. Your image is not
compliant with those rules, but it's just great.
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I never read the histogram, and have never even looked at it. Ever!
Vlad63918 said:
What kind of corrections would you do to make final image (increase
brightness, contrast, change color or just nothing).
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That depends on where the image is going to end up. I haven't even looked at this image from an end use perspective yet. I shot it yesterday, and when I saw the sharpness and detail, I wanted to post it to show the camera's capabilities with even a lower end lens.

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
 
Andre Remoe said:
Nice picture, David! I also own three Sigma EX-series lenses, and I
am very pleased with them, and with my S2. However, from your
picture, I could now clearly see the moire effect on the hair
(particularly on the left side, near the model's mouth). Apart from
that, I can see that you might have used f2.8 for the aperture, as
the DOF is very limited. Had you used f8, you would definitely end
up with more sharpness.
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I didn't want more sharpness. That's exactly what I was going for.

Thanks!
--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
 
First off, I'm really impressed with this image at full size. Bravo, David, for such terrific execution.

Though Titus may not have expressed himself as well as he could have, I think I understand his point. He seems to have a bum camera that is producing a high proportion of fairly soft full-sized jpegs. I don't personally think the issue is the S2's sharpness...the S2 is clearly capable of producing images -- full size -- of stunning sharpness. But there does appear to be a quality control issue -- it may be quite small, but I do believe it exists. And my suspicion is that there may be some focus alignment issue plaguing a small number of cameras out there.

I took this shot below handheld as a test with an old 55mm 2.8 Nikkor lens, with no custom white balance, so it's a bit ragged, but at full size, the sharpness is impressive. I've enclosed an unsharpened crop to show how good the S2 can be.

But the flip side is that some full size images don't show sharpness issues, but some focus quirks, even with all the suggested custom function corrections/modifications. I'm generally quite happy with my S2, but lately I've seen some peculiarities that may lead me to send my camera in. Right now, I believe it's mostly my error leading to any bad shots, but some things have led me to wonder. I suspect anyone with any more significant problems may have a misaligned CCD or something to that effect.

Again, great work, and I hope the vast majority of S2 owners can be blessed with your type of camera, even if they may not have the photographic skill.

Best regards,

Robert

Original image downsized for the web, but otherwise not touched:



100% crop from the upper left of the image:


David Blecman said:
Titus,

If you doubt me that that image isn't sharpened, you're both
ignorant and not suitable for public discussions. That image is
straight from the camera, shot in in AF handheld. If you don't
believe me I could care less.

The bar was in Versus Restaurant on the corner of St Sulpice and St
Paul in Old Montreal. Take your suspicious ass there yourself and
investigate it.

Strike Two!!

--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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David Blecman said:
Titus,

If you doubt me that that image isn't sharpened, you're both
ignorant and not suitable for public discussions. That image is
straight from the camera, shot in in AF handheld. If you don't
believe me I could care less.

The bar was in Versus Restaurant on the corner of St Sulpice and St
Paul in Old Montreal. Take your suspicious ass there yourself and
investigate it.

Strike Two!!
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I am not wishing to increase the confrontational tone this thread has taken, but I believe the image you posted was straight out of the camera, but what was the Sharpening setting on your S2...unless sharpening was turned off (Soft) in the camera, the image, while directly from the S2, was indeed sharpened by the S2

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Hey David,

question on the autofocus used in this shot, if you were using the upper most region for focus was it above her eyes? the area begining just at her eyes down to her chin is sharp but her forehead isnt as sharp, i was wondering where the upper focus you mentioned was or is this a technique you use to acheive the desired focus area? as you mentioned before, its in the print that matters and of course it doesnt show in the print but i want to know exactly how much i can get outta my s2 if you would please :D
David Blecman said:
Relm said:
very stunning sharpness. amazing detail, do you use the auto or
maunal focus David?
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Auto Focus, the upper most focusing region on a vertical tilt.

Image hand held at 1/60 sec with strobes.
--
David Blecman
Positive Negatives, Inc.
http://www.posneg.com
[email protected]
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