On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:11 AM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically I've notice that the "aperture" sweet spot is even more > critical at such a high MP count. > > When I migrated to Nikon I bought their best lenses (the holy trinity > 14-24, 24-70, 780-200, ptus their 50 f1.4 & 85 f1.4). > > On the D700 I never really had any image quality issues with them. > Those same lenses on the D800 are noticeably softer away from their > respective "sweet spots". f5.6 - soft, f8 - shaper, f11 sweet, f16 - > softer...
Humm, wonder if that why iwas having soft issues with my D200 shooting jpeg, sharpeness increased when shooting Raw. Dave > > Also the high resolution shows up flaws in your hand holding > technique. The old rule of thumb of shutter speed being the inverse of > the focal length doesn't really work any more. Double it to be sure, > or use a tripod. Good to know > > The D800/D800E manual came with a series of instructions on how to > maintain sharpness & detail. > > DS > > On 04/02/2013, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dave, >> How about giving us some more personal insights on 'diffraction issues >> with most lenses.' >> I'd like to know so I could get out in front of that issue. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:43 AM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> And loving it! >>> >>> ...except for the diffraction issues with most lenses... >>> >>> On 3 February 2013 12:30, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Poor Nikonians. Their flagship has twice as many pixels and then some >>>> :-). >>>> >>>> On 2/1/2013 10:08 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Each RAW file is now larger than the first harddrive I ever owned. >>>>> >>>>> Nothing to be done for that, is there? I'm shooting DNG which I believe >>>>> I >>>>> heard is already stored in a semi-compressed state. >>>>> >>>>> -Charles >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Charles Robinson - [email protected] >>>>> Minneapolis, MN >>>>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
