On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying to get some > idea of its habits. Yesterday, I spotted it on the nest I thought it might > use, and came back today with my camera: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/ > > K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a tripod ... > ISO 400 (I think) > > The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I use the 1.4x > converter, even though it's supposed to be matched to the lens. > > It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 & 200 mm Nikon IS > lens and chimping what he got looked a whole lot sharper than what I got. > > But ... it's what I got.
Yeah, well, what can you tell from chimping? Maybe he has in-camera sharpening on and you don't? I certainly keep mine off (prefer to sharpen - if I do at all - in post-processing). You both using the same tripods and all? I guess my point is that there may be lots of variables involved in his apparent sharpness. BTW, that's a wonderful shot you took! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
