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How do I get sharper images? NX1100

Started Aug 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP CMurdock Contributing Member • Posts: 819
Re: How do I get sharper images? NX1100

DominicVII wrote:

I agree with you. It takes time. As long as you shoot above 1/50 sec and know how to keep your camera still you will do just fine. Even with the ISO boosted up, your nx1100 should outperform your previous compact.

You commented before that the larger sensor might be causing the shallower depth of field, and that sounds right.  The softness I'm seeing isn't extreme, but the photos aren't as crisp as the old camera.  I think it's possible that camera shake is at least partly to blame; there's no doubt that the action of pressing the shutter release moves the camera a little.  I'm going to boost the ISO to 400, and if that doesn't work, I'll start looking for a tripod.

Actually ... Imaging Resource noted when they reviewed the camera that macro shots were soft, and they felt that it was a focussing problem (since they were using a tripod).  But the macro shots they were taking were very close up.  The shots that I'm taking are somewhere between macro and portrait.  What I'm saying is that the camera might actually be to blame; and if that's the case, there may not be a way to fix it.  However, I've noticed that if I take enough shots at each exposure compensation, that increases the chances that some of them will be sharp.

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