This is probably too obvious to point out, but with the higher ISO tolerances today, I’ll cheerfully crank the ISO to 1600 or 3200 so I can get the shutter speed up into the hundredths at the aperture I want. Which eliminates certain classes of focus problem. -T
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:56 PM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Buy and use a tripod. > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > It often seems that the bulk of my photography is in situations where > > I'm pretty much trying to make the best of a bad situation, and I'm not so > > much going for a sharp photo, but a photo that is as sharp as I can get at > > the moment. > > > > Call me bourgeois, but the poor technical quality (sharpness, exposure > > etc.) of my photos has been bothering me lately. > > > > What have you done, if anything, to improve the technical quality of > > your photography, and how much difference did it make? > > I can't really afford equipment upgrades at the moment, but if changing > > gear made a huge difference, that's important to know. > > > > In a related note, if people have noticed consistent technical flaws > > that I make, like camera motion, or poor focus, that would also be helpful, > > and they could send me recommendations wither on, or off, list. > > > > One thing that I do intend to do is start taking some photos in > > situations where it's theoretically possible to get extremely sharp photos, > > so that, frankly, I don't have any excuses that I can blame on the gear. > > > > -- > > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > David Parsons Photography > http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > > Aloha Photographer Photoblog > http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
