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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 400888" data-attributes="member: 9240">Lots of potential here to compromise sharpness.&nbsp; 1. The 55-200mm is an OK lens, but not known for its sharpness.2. Just about every zoom on the planet, including yours, will suffer a loss of sharpness at the extremes, so shooting at 200mm will compromise sharpness slightly.3. While you'll get plenty of depth of field at f22 and above, diffraction due to the small aperture will reduce sharpness, and this usually starts at around f16 or so.4. ISO 800 should be plenty low enough on the noise scale with the D3200, but if you're getting over ISO 1600 then that can start producing noise with small subjects like birds, so try not to go above that.So, not understanding exactly what you're saying regarding the zooming in and whatnot, try shooting with your aperture at f/8 to f/11, which should give you more than enough DoF.&nbsp; That's probably killing your sharpness more than anything.&nbsp; Then, make sure your shutter speed is at least 1/320sec and turn off your VR.&nbsp; That should give you as sharp a photo as you'll get.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 400888, member: 9240"] Lots of potential here to compromise sharpness. 1. The 55-200mm is an OK lens, but not known for its sharpness. 2. Just about every zoom on the planet, including yours, will suffer a loss of sharpness at the extremes, so shooting at 200mm will compromise sharpness slightly. 3. While you'll get plenty of depth of field at f22 and above, diffraction due to the small aperture will reduce sharpness, and this usually starts at around f16 or so. 4. ISO 800 should be plenty low enough on the noise scale with the D3200, but if you're getting over ISO 1600 then that can start producing noise with small subjects like birds, so try not to go above that. So, not understanding exactly what you're saying regarding the zooming in and whatnot, try shooting with your aperture at f/8 to f/11, which should give you [I]more[/I] than enough DoF. That's probably killing your sharpness more than anything. Then, make sure your shutter speed is at least 1/320sec and turn off your VR. That should give you as sharp a photo as you'll get. [/QUOTE]

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