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Photo from R5 and RF 70-200 2.8 not as sharp as my expectation

Started 1 month ago | Questions thread
charlyw64 Contributing Member • Posts: 717
Re: Photo from R5 and RF 70-200 2.8 not as sharp as my expectation

JJJPowell wrote:

Hello,

I am an amateur, and I took this photo.

First, the file size is only 5MB and I set in my R5 for RAW and JPG, both for the maximum size.

Both RAW and JPEG are compressed file formats, you have almost nothing in the image, that compresses very well.

Second, if I zoom into the moon, it is blurry.

You have 10 Kilometers of air between you and your subject - that accounts for a lot of negative influences. You don't know how many different temperature layers there are above you, that alone takes a lot of the possible image quality away. The second thing is: Get pixels on the subject. For the moon 200mm is too short, especially on a full frame camera.

Could be my skill which is not good enough or hardware issue, or even it should be like this?

A mixture out of: It can't look any better (depending on conditions), unrealistic expectations and user skill deficiencies. The moon is a rock in direct sunlight - ISO 100, f/11 and 1/100 of a second is the rule of thumb to expose that correctly (looney 11 rule)...

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