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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 761141" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>I had hoped the vulture images were soft due to the lack of contrast, but after a prime photo opp of a Red-Tailed Hawk with a Blue Jay, absolutely everything turned out soft. So I'm going to have to contact Nikon again to see if they will take another look at this lens. I wound up over-processing just to sharpen the images, but I'm definitely not happy with any of the results. :sorrow:</p><p></p><p>I shoot RAW+jpeg Fine. Here is the sooc jpeg only resized for the forum.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357921[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is the edit <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357923[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And here are a few others that I simply cannot do anything adequate for sharpening without introducing artifacting:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357925[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357927[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]357928[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 761141, member: 13196"] I had hoped the vulture images were soft due to the lack of contrast, but after a prime photo opp of a Red-Tailed Hawk with a Blue Jay, absolutely everything turned out soft. So I'm going to have to contact Nikon again to see if they will take another look at this lens. I wound up over-processing just to sharpen the images, but I'm definitely not happy with any of the results. :sorrow: I shoot RAW+jpeg Fine. Here is the sooc jpeg only resized for the forum. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]357921._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here is the edit :rolleyes:: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]357923._xfImport[/ATTACH] And here are a few others that I simply cannot do anything adequate for sharpening without introducing artifacting: [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]357925._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]357927._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]357928._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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