Comments on: Finding the Sweet Spot

By: FINDING SHARPNESS « MACphotographyDY

FINDING SHARPNESS « MACphotographyDY — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:03:04 +0000

[...] and effective way of doing it. Just follow the simple instructions on Steve Richardson’s post over at Photogrpahy [...]

By: Tamea Burd

Tamea Burd — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:43:43 +0000

Fantastically helpful article, thanks so much!

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:10:00 +0000

thanks, nice one!

By: analiticus

analiticus — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:22:15 +0000

john,
No, a practical approach is to set most frequent focus distance for every lens. Besides, for more exact results use mirror lockup, RAW format developed with corrected aberrations. The area of 100% peep should be located acc. to typical use of given lens, not necessarily in corner.

By: Nathan Ciurzynski

Nathan Ciurzynski — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:23:12 +0000

Good to know…I just assumed it was around f/8 or f/9 for all lenses.

By: john

john — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:09:53 +0000

Ok the lens sharpness has been determined at that distance but would the sharpness be the same for, say, a landscape shot?

By: Victor Augusteo

Victor Augusteo — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:40:17 +0000

very nice tutorial. i really never thought about doing this until i read your post.

up until now, i just use the common rule of “largest aperture + 2 stops” as the guide to get sharpest image. definitely gonna try this.

Regards.