APPARENTLY having your aperture open like that can result in 'soft' images. I think I do ok if I'm up close to an object, but taking just a few steps back I lose crispness and I see graininess in the full size images. So today (Jan. 22) I did a quickie comparison shot. Both on my 50mm lens, one at f/2.0, 1/100sec (top photo) and the other at f/4.5, 1/60sec. What I'm most impressed by is the fact that I took a moment to make these changes and Zach looks like he didn't even breathe LOL. I can clearly see a difference. These are untouched, full size jpg's that I've cropped from the original RAW files. Even with the smaller images here I can see that the f/4.5 is sharper than my beloved f/2.0.
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Ooh, I know what you mean! My biggest peeve about my photos is often the softness. I use pretty inexpensive lenses, so I always figured that was the biggest culprit.
Yeah, that's my cheapie lens (Canon 50mm/1.8, I think I got it for 80.00) BUT I have gotten some nicer shots on it. I just couldn't figure out why some were nice, some were not. Now I'll be paying attention to aperture vs. distance and see which is the bigger culprit.
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