----- Original Message ----- From: "Dario Bonazza 2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> However, should you apply USM to *ist D pictures, they can only look sharp > at less than 100% magnification. > If you apply lesser USM, they don't look sharp even at 50% magnification, > while if you apply enough USM for getting sharp pics at 50% magnification > you'll see too edge effect at 100%. That's the problem with the *ist D > pictures I tried to sharpen. > > Dario Hm... What lenses did you use? I just had a look at many of the images linked from: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Studio/6838/list.html (link posted to PDML 26.09.03 by Rob Brigham), and with some lenses I agree they do look too soft, but other lenses, like eg. the fa*28-70/2.8 and the FA31 ltd. are tack sharp. The biggest disappointment there, imo, is the FA100/2.8 macro. At full opening it shows enough chromatic aberration to be unusable. It's OK at f/8, though. Jostein
