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06/24/2008 02:14:01 AM · #1 |
I have noticed that alot of my pictures need sharpening in PP. Is this normal? Is there any way to get a nice, crisp, clean and sharpened picture right out of the camera?
If I am doing something wrong..I would like to learn how to make it better. Thanks alot.
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06/24/2008 02:21:15 AM · #2 |
Could you post an unedited pic?
Also if it's portraits one thing I learned that improved my shots greatly was to manually set my autofocus point. and then put that point right on the subjects eye. Mojor improvement over letting the camera auto choose. |
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06/24/2008 02:45:17 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by egamble:
I have noticed that alot of my pictures need sharpening in PP. Is this normal? |
It is normal, especially if you are shooting raw. It is meant to give the photographer the most control over their images. It is very hard to get rid of something that has been sharpened already.
Originally posted by egamble:
Is there any way to get a nice, crisp, clean and sharpened picture right out of the camera? |
One way is to go into your camera jpeg settings and bump up sharpness and contrast.
A second way is to get better lenses. Your kit lens is good to learn on can produce sharp images with care and keeping the aperture around 8. And your zoom is nice with such a long range but you will sacrifice sharpness. Lenses are generally most sharp at 2 stops above wide open so shooting in that zone will give you the sharpest image from your lens. I would recommend a 50 mm 1.8 prime, cheap and sharp. When I got mine it made me want to shoot more photos since it was so sharp and let me delve into shallow DoF, and lowlight shooting.
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06/24/2008 02:53:21 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by jdannels:
Originally posted by egamble:
I have noticed that alot of my pictures need sharpening in PP. Is this normal? |
It is normal, especially if you are shooting raw. It is meant to give the photographer the most control over their images. It is very hard to get rid of something that has been sharpened already.
Originally posted by egamble:
Is there any way to get a nice, crisp, clean and sharpened picture right out of the camera? |
One way is to go into your camera jpeg settings and bump up sharpness and contrast.
A second way is to get better lenses. Your kit lens is good to learn on can produce sharp images with care and keeping the aperture around 8. And your zoom is nice with such a long range but you will sacrifice sharpness. Lenses are generally most sharp at 2 stops above wide open so shooting in that zone will give you the sharpest image from your lens. I would recommend a 50 mm 1.8 prime, cheap and sharp. When I got mine it made me want to shoot more photos since it was so sharp and let me delve into shallow DoF, and lowlight shooting. |
I just bought the 50mm 1.8 a week back.
have only been out once with it so far..but i like it.
and I do shoot in raw...so maybe that is part of it. thanks for your input. |
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06/24/2008 03:20:45 AM · #5 |
Hi,
A friend of mine says that digital camera don't produce sharp images. However, there are a bunch of ways to make them as sharp as poss in camera. I always sharpen in PP, generally on the whole image. I use different sharpening for web and for print also.
The best way to improve sharpness is to attempt to get it as good as you can in camera. Try to minimise camera body movement, using:
Tripod, monopod, wall, anything to hand to brace yourself/stabilise the camera.
Gently squeeze the button, remembering not to breathe! Even better get a shutter release cable, or use the camera self timer. (This is esp useful if shooting in low light or doing long exposures.)
Use the fastest lens (big wide aperture) for moving subjects where you want to freeze motion.
That's all I can think of right now, but I'm sure there are other tips n tricks. There's a great book by Scott Kelby "The Digital Photography Book" with some of em.
Hope that helps. :D
Paula
Message edited by author 2008-06-24 03:21:47. |
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06/24/2008 05:04:04 AM · #6 |
You might also try turning off the in-camera noise reduction and thus skip the "smoothing" process. NR can be done better out of camera, and depending on the software you use, more efficiently.
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