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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 466590" data-attributes="member: 13090">I'm leery of trying to gauge too much from just one 600 x 400 image but I'm not really seeing noise in that shot; I do think the image is a little soft however. That being the case, and having only this one particular photo to look at, I'm inclined to agree with&nbsp;&nbsp; [USER=13944]@mauckcg[/USER] in that this could be a DoF issue. That being said I'm not ruling out motion blur either; especially considering the 1/125 shutter speed at 70mm. which would be the absolute bare minimum shutter speed in my book under those conditions.Also, have you calibrated the auto-focus on that lens? Have you adjusted the Sharpness setting in the Picture Control menu? If you haven't done both of those things, I can't suggest too strongly that you do so. Both are easy to do, don't cost you anything and both can have dramatic impact on the overall sharpness of your photos.EDIT: Almost forgot to ask... Did you have VR enabled when you took that shot? I find a lot of people turn on VR and just leave it on all the time, which is NOT a good idea. VR is a wonderful thing but it is a specific solution to a specific problem and, left to its own devices, it can cause as many problems at it solves: Softness in the image being the most common manifestation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 466590, member: 13090"] I'm leery of trying to gauge too much from just one 600 x 400 image but I'm not really seeing noise in that shot; I do think the image is a little soft however. That being the case, and having only this one particular photo to look at, I'm inclined to agree with [USER=13944]@mauckcg[/USER] in that this could be a DoF issue. That being said I'm not ruling out motion blur either; especially considering the 1/125 shutter speed at 70mm. which would be the absolute [I]bare minimum[/I] shutter speed in my book under those conditions. Also, have you calibrated the auto-focus on that lens? Have you adjusted the Sharpness setting in the Picture Control menu? If you haven't done both of those things, I can't suggest too strongly that you do so. Both are easy to do, don't cost you anything and both can have dramatic impact on the overall sharpness of your photos. [B]EDIT:[/B] Almost forgot to ask... Did you have VR enabled when you took that shot? I find a lot of people turn on VR and just leave it on all the time, which is NOT a good idea. VR is a wonderful thing but it is a specific solution to a specific problem and, left to its own devices, it can cause as many problems at it solves: Softness in the image being the most common manifestation. [/QUOTE]

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