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Nikon D500 lacks sharpness
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 739353" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>First things first, you're shooting with a wide-ranging zoom wide open in the first two shots. That type of lens will always be the softest at the long end wide open, so that's definitely contributing to it.</p><p></p><p>Next we need to know what focus mode you are using? I know you have AF-C but how many points and are you moving the point? AF-C is generally set to release priority instead of focus priority so perhaps you're not locking in, or your focus point is moving after you start. Not for nothing but the framing of the images isn't the best so if the bird is starting in the center of the viewfinder then your technique needs to tighten up so that you keep the focus point on the bird. </p><p></p><p>Third, are you shooting Raw? If so, what are your sharpening settings in Camera Raw or elsewhere? JPEGs are sharpened in camera, Raw files you're on your own.</p><p></p><p>Finally, have you tried focus calibrating the lens at the long end? The resolution on these is really low so it's hard to pixel peep to see if any other part of the bird in tree images is sharp but I suspect that you've got front/rear focus going on. Not unusual, but when you're shooting close to wide open then if it's off you're far more likely to experience out of focus images.</p><p></p><p>If you can upload the original to dropbox or somewhere that we can pull it down we can better deduce the last part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 739353, member: 9240"] First things first, you're shooting with a wide-ranging zoom wide open in the first two shots. That type of lens will always be the softest at the long end wide open, so that's definitely contributing to it. Next we need to know what focus mode you are using? I know you have AF-C but how many points and are you moving the point? AF-C is generally set to release priority instead of focus priority so perhaps you're not locking in, or your focus point is moving after you start. Not for nothing but the framing of the images isn't the best so if the bird is starting in the center of the viewfinder then your technique needs to tighten up so that you keep the focus point on the bird. Third, are you shooting Raw? If so, what are your sharpening settings in Camera Raw or elsewhere? JPEGs are sharpened in camera, Raw files you're on your own. Finally, have you tried focus calibrating the lens at the long end? The resolution on these is really low so it's hard to pixel peep to see if any other part of the bird in tree images is sharp but I suspect that you've got front/rear focus going on. Not unusual, but when you're shooting close to wide open then if it's off you're far more likely to experience out of focus images. If you can upload the original to dropbox or somewhere that we can pull it down we can better deduce the last part. [/QUOTE]
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