The 100% crop concept is garbage in so many ways. If you do want to peep, you need to up-rez or down-rez. I take ISO3200 images on my 30D with a 24-70 run through Lightroom\'s standard noise controls. They don\'t look that much at 100% but for modest prints you\'d never know.
One other mistake is somone with a 10 or 8MP camera posting, say, a face from a full-length portrait and saying it\'s not sharp while an eye from a tightly cropped portrait is deemed \'sharp\'.
Psychologically, we want to see a whole face sharp but are willing to see an eye less sharp as we see that as an \'extreme enlargement\'.
I can\'t believe we\'re still having this argument. I remember a comparison of the D100 and D200 where they uprezzed from 2MP to 10MP to compare. The D200\'s image had a little less \'haze\' at 100% but you had to use imagination to see any extra detail.
I take the shot, make sure it\'s in focus, and sharpen appropriate for where the image will be output - web, inkjet, lab. I couldn\'t give a monkey\'s beyond that.
The 100% crop concept is garbage in so many ways. If you do want to deep, you need to up-rez or down-rez. I take ISO3200 images on my 30D with a 24-70 run through Lightroom\'s standard noise controls. They don\'t look that much at 100% but for modest prints you\'d never know.
One other mistake is somone with a 10 or 8MP camera posting, say, a face from a full-length portrait and saying it\'s not sharp while an eye from a tightly cropped portrait is deemed \'sharp\'.
Psychologically, we want to see a whole face sharp but are willing to see an eye less sharp as we see that as an \'extreme enlargement\'.
I can\'t believe we\'re still having this argument. I remember a comparison of the D100 and D200 where they uprezzed from 2MP to 10MP to compare. The D200\'s image had a little less \'haze\' at 100% but you had to use imagination to see any extra detail.
I take the shot, make sure it\'s in focus, and sharpen appropriate for where the image will be output - web, inkjet, lab. I couldn\'t give a monkey\'s beyond that.
Sep 19, 2008 at 05:07 AM
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