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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 422930" data-attributes="member: 31330"><p>Of course, there is no free lunch is photography but I prefer to step back and use soft to get <em>close</em> again in post which also costs but it's a much cheaper lunch.</p><p></p><p>I shoot my lens at its sharpest and it provides me more options than shooting her at her weakest.</p><p></p><p>It's what many forget; if you close down, the lens drops in performance rapidly (which is partly because of diffraction).</p><p></p><p>If you take the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 as an example. On a D610 it reaches some 75% sharpness at f:5.6. A little less at f/8. Just below 70% at f/11 and it doesn't even reach 50% at f/32. That's a serious trade. Evidently for online use it matters less since scaling to those sizes adds an illusion of sharpness but the real shot did suffer plenty.</p><p></p><p>To add:</p><p></p><p>If I shoot at 1:1 f/32 or at half of that magnification at f/8, crop the shot and double in PS, do you think I'll lose 1/3th of my sharpness? If your answer is yes, you should close down. </p><p></p><p>But to each their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-see, post: 422930, member: 31330"] Of course, there is no free lunch is photography but I prefer to step back and use soft to get [I]close[/I] again in post which also costs but it's a much cheaper lunch. I shoot my lens at its sharpest and it provides me more options than shooting her at her weakest. It's what many forget; if you close down, the lens drops in performance rapidly (which is partly because of diffraction). If you take the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 as an example. On a D610 it reaches some 75% sharpness at f:5.6. A little less at f/8. Just below 70% at f/11 and it doesn't even reach 50% at f/32. That's a serious trade. Evidently for online use it matters less since scaling to those sizes adds an illusion of sharpness but the real shot did suffer plenty. To add: If I shoot at 1:1 f/32 or at half of that magnification at f/8, crop the shot and double in PS, do you think I'll lose 1/3th of my sharpness? If your answer is yes, you should close down. But to each their own. [/QUOTE]
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