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Sharpness question on T2i

Started Aug 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
Stan in NH
Stan in NH Senior Member • Posts: 1,898
Re: Sharpness question on T2i

billthemountain wrote:

Stan in NH wrote:

You might also want to try shooting at f/8 to increase your depth of field. That's a very busy image, and it's hard to find where the point of focus actually is ... if that's the issue.

1/320 should be fast enough to minimize camera shake, but I don't know if you're using a lens with image stabilization or not.

As Digirame already asked, is this raw or jpeg? Has there been any post processing? It is also possible that you have a soft lens, but you'd have to have access to other lens to prove or disprove that.

Image stabilization is on, and RAW. I did a lot of research on the L lens, it's supposed to be a very sharp lense.

Here's where my beginner nature is shining through. I'm trying to investigate a low aperture as a possible culprit. If I kept this at 1/320 and boosted to f/8, the ISO would need to be 2000. Shouldn't I be avoiding high ISOs like this though?

At this point, trying to figure out the focus, I would suggest using AV at f/8 with auto ISO and see what you get.  In daylight, I doubt the camera will boost the ISO that high,  and I'd worry about that last.

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