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

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

Scottelly wrote:

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

I'll take a look and ... I'll be baaack ...

Here's what my new toy (Edge Detection) tells me, young man:

View original size+ to see the edges

Quite a narrow depth of field in the shot so not much in focus. Our good ole' Merrill has resolved in-focus edges very well. I myself might have tried for more micro-contrast in post - but how much is desirable would be your call, not mine.

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