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Image Sharpness/Detail

Started Mar 23, 2019 | Discussions thread
Ad12 Senior Member • Posts: 1,513
Re: Image Sharpness/Detail
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I had a similar curiosity from my 800d. I did change the lens to something a bit sharper which helped, but I think the main improvement came from learning about sharpening. The raw files can sometimes need a bit of work - so before buying new kit I'd do as I did and read about sharpening quite a bit, it makes a huge difference!

I must admit for portraits on a crop body the 50mm f1.8 STM I got for £100 used seemed good value, and I did notice that versus the kit lens the shots definitely seemed a bit clearer and sharper, or at least should I say, resolved the finer details better in trees for example. Also the 17-50 kit lens replacement I think produced better images. However I can't emphasise enough the improvement that came from learning about sharpening! Very much depends which software you use though I imagine.

Why not take a shot in raw+jpg mode, and compare the sharpness from the jpg to your raw file final version? As the JPG's do sharpen up quite a bit out of camera. If there is a discrepancy its probably editing improvements required.

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