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Do I have unrealistic sharpness expectations?

Started 10 months ago | Questions thread
macrouser
macrouser Senior Member • Posts: 3,979
Re: Do I have unrealistic sharpness expectations?

For some reason I feel the need to be helpful.

Lighting on products or surfaces like that is one of the hardest things to do.  Those large LED light panels give an amazingly even light.

I noticed on the cracked paint photo that next to the hole in the paint, there was a flake of paint that was curled up so the edge was closer to the lens than the focus point.  I have a lot of trouble with that on small insects to.  The depth of field extends past the subject more than in front.  Focus on that front edge and use a small enough aperture to get enough depth.

Not having enough light for the subjects makes for a lot more noise in the image.

Get as much exposure as you can without blowing out the high lights.

I am sure there is a lot more but at 75 years old I find my fingers spell even worse than I do.  I get worn out really fast.

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