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Wildlife with a Sigma SD1 Merrill and 100-400mm OS lens

Started Aug 24, 2021 | Discussions thread
Scottelly
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Re: Wildlife with a Sigma SD1 Merrill and 100-400mm OS lens

xpatUSA wrote:

Scottelly wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

Scottelly wrote:

Still . . . do you really think this little guy needs to be sharper?

OOC jpeg

Cute shot, Scott, but the big problem here is that it's posted full-size 4704x3136px, as is your wont. And how "sharp" it looks depends greatly on the size it's viewed at. In the post view above, DPR has done something that just about wipes out the detail of the animal. So it is that the mighty SD1 Merrill's "detail" is sadly missing from the post view.

In original size, DPR now squeezes it to fit into the vertical space of my browser which means a) it still lacks detail but b) clicking with the 'circle +' cursor upsizes it so somehow it is still a bit soft ... I have no idea whether DPR does that or FireFox ... as I sit here at my computer viewing your image I would say yes, it needs much greater acutance ... not just "sharpening".

I'll be baaack ....

Hmmm . . . weird. It looks quite sharp to me on my 13" MacBook Air if I'm not mistaken, Ted.

As I said above "how sharp it looks depends greatly on the size it's viewed at" ...

Sorry, I meant at 100% Ted.

Out of curiosity, does the last photo in this post look sharp to you Ted, or do you think it needs to be sharpened?

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65419295

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