christopher
New member
Hello I am new to the forum. Brief history, Shot a Nikon D50 and kit glass for over a decade, moved up to D7500 last year shot the hell out of it, got some Tamron G2 full frame glass, and just purchased a refurb D850. I like my pictures, I get good and some great results. Shooting in the studio with strobes on a tripod everything is wonderful. The Nikon Focus Book has been really help with technique when shooting in the real world.
Here is my question 1, when viewing in Lightroom, at 1:1 the photo looks great and prints great. However when going in further like 3:1 the sharpness kind of falls away ( i guess that to be expected). But then you see pictures on Flickr, youtube and even on this site and it seems the pictures are so sharp you can read the fine print of a newspaper at 100 yards. Am I expecting too much, from a raw out of camera image, or my current skill level? Is it silly to chase that tack sharp image at 300%? I know I have a long way to go on my photographic journey.
Here is question 2, How do I know for sure that the gear is not partly to blame? Could I have a bad copy of a lens? is the focus system in the refurb unit off? Yes I spent quite a bit recently on gear, (maybe a late life crisis), and my lack of experience knowing perfectly working gear is nagging at me. [ For example If I bought a new car and it had a small vibration on the highway, some would assume, the vibration was normal, I have a lot experience with cars and know that there was an issue and needed to be addressed by the manufacturer.]
Thanks for putting up with my long 1st post.
Here is my question 1, when viewing in Lightroom, at 1:1 the photo looks great and prints great. However when going in further like 3:1 the sharpness kind of falls away ( i guess that to be expected). But then you see pictures on Flickr, youtube and even on this site and it seems the pictures are so sharp you can read the fine print of a newspaper at 100 yards. Am I expecting too much, from a raw out of camera image, or my current skill level? Is it silly to chase that tack sharp image at 300%? I know I have a long way to go on my photographic journey.
Here is question 2, How do I know for sure that the gear is not partly to blame? Could I have a bad copy of a lens? is the focus system in the refurb unit off? Yes I spent quite a bit recently on gear, (maybe a late life crisis), and my lack of experience knowing perfectly working gear is nagging at me. [ For example If I bought a new car and it had a small vibration on the highway, some would assume, the vibration was normal, I have a lot experience with cars and know that there was an issue and needed to be addressed by the manufacturer.]
Thanks for putting up with my long 1st post.