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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 638385" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Well if you want to process raw files, yes; that's correct.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p></p><p>If you haven't adjusted the Sharpness setting, it's sitting on the abnormally low setting of around 2 or 3. I suggest using 7. Some people max it out to 9 but I don't think that's required, nor do I think it's optimal. Still, try it if you want, you can always go back and change the setting to whatever you want at any time. I would try adjusting this setting first since it's completely un-doable and may get you where you want to be with your shots -- easy-peasy, lemon squeezy -- and I'm <em>all about</em> the easy fix. </p><p></p><p>If this doesn't bring things up to snuff, I think you're next step would be putting the camera and lens on a tripod and doing some test shots using similar settings. The question then becomes, "Do *those* shots look soft?" If not I think you have to assume it's your technique that's causing the softeness. If they are still soft, then I think you're looking at needing to test the lens for front/back focus. </p><p></p><p>Your D7100 supports Auto-focus Fine Tuning, so that's good; but testing for and correcting front/back focus is kind of a PITA in my opinion, so I'm hoping you can avoid that. Still, the Nikon 18-200mm is capable of delivering much sharper shots than what you're posting here, so I'm thinking something, somewhere, is off. It could be you, it could be the lens, it could be a camera setting, it could be a combination of factors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 638385, member: 13090"] Well if you want to process raw files, yes; that's correct. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] If you haven't adjusted the Sharpness setting, it's sitting on the abnormally low setting of around 2 or 3. I suggest using 7. Some people max it out to 9 but I don't think that's required, nor do I think it's optimal. Still, try it if you want, you can always go back and change the setting to whatever you want at any time. I would try adjusting this setting first since it's completely un-doable and may get you where you want to be with your shots -- easy-peasy, lemon squeezy -- and I'm [I]all about[/I] the easy fix. If this doesn't bring things up to snuff, I think you're next step would be putting the camera and lens on a tripod and doing some test shots using similar settings. The question then becomes, "Do *those* shots look soft?" If not I think you have to assume it's your technique that's causing the softeness. If they are still soft, then I think you're looking at needing to test the lens for front/back focus. Your D7100 supports Auto-focus Fine Tuning, so that's good; but testing for and correcting front/back focus is kind of a PITA in my opinion, so I'm hoping you can avoid that. Still, the Nikon 18-200mm is capable of delivering much sharper shots than what you're posting here, so I'm thinking something, somewhere, is off. It could be you, it could be the lens, it could be a camera setting, it could be a combination of factors. [/QUOTE]
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