Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 04:36 p.m.
Does anyone know why our formals never seem to be very crisp, or crisp at all. Is this a focus issue on our part? Or am I just looking at the image to closely? This seems to be a problem with large groups. If its 5-6 people they seem to be better.
Benjamin Bloom , Oct 29, 2009; 04:39 p.m.
It could be a lot of things. Do you have a specific sample image you can post?
Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 04:40 p.m.
LOL must have been posting at the same time.
Mark T , Oct 29, 2009; 04:41 p.m.
Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 04:42 p.m.
Tameron 17-50mm. This was at 17mm.
Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 04:55 p.m.
Here is another example. Same lens, I don't have the exact info. I can tell you it was not as dark, so lower ISO etc. Its still not super crisp, but better than above. We try to shoot all our group shots at at least f8 or higher, but they always seem to be a little fuzzy.
Example #2
Mark T , Oct 29, 2009; 05:10 p.m.
the 2nd one aint that much sharper either.. maybe its the lens..... have you tried shooting at a wider aperture? like around 5.6?
any reason you are shooting at f9 at 17mm ? Do you really need that much dof?
Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 05:20 p.m.
The reason we started using f8+ is because when we first started out, anything lower would leave some people in the group out of focus and others were in focus. I'm telling you, group shots seem to be our problem area.
I've seen the bridesmaids one above printed at an 8x10, and it looks clear on paper. Which is why I worried i was looking to closely at the pictures.
Tina & Cliff T , Oct 29, 2009; 05:21 p.m.
Does anyone else have examples of how crisp a group photo should look at 100%?
Jon Curtis , Oct 29, 2009; 05:32 p.m.
What camera? ISO 800 on some camera's is pushing it.
Could be the lens. I'm not a fan of 3rd party lenses or any non-pro lens.
Many lenses don't perfrom well at either end of it's zoom capabilities too.
