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Old 24-10-2008, 07:56 PM
Jim Ford Jim Ford is offline
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Re: New Camera

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Originally Posted by sometimes View Post
It looks a useful book. I might check it out in Borders if they stock it.
It's in the 'Real World' series. All Bruce Fraser's books are excellent.

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On nikkilouise's earlier point about 'quite blurry' shots, I was wondering if it's an issue with sharpening. Maybe it's turned off in camera and a lack of realisation just how much sharpening some pictures need and can take - which still surprises me.
That's another hobby-horse of mine! Many DSLR users come from a P&S background, where heavy sharpening is carried out in the camera by default, so no further sharpening is needed. They then buy a DSLR and having spent a lot more money than on their P&S, think that the images out of the camera must be better than their P&S, and are disappointed when they're not because they need sharpening.

Here's a good link to the reason why _all_ images need sharpening, either in the camera or by subsequent PPing:

Sharpening -- Part I

Jim
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