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BrianTyler

Image Sharpness Problems

You can easily test your camera and lens for sharpness using a white piece of paper (use a good quality printer paper)
Draw a skinny line with a pencil on the paper.
Photograph it using normal day light, no flash.
Camera on a tripod, vibration reduction set to off.
Open the image using Imager.
I created Imager for my students and it can be downloaded from my web site for free.
http://www.MyCIGroup.com then navigate to Imager.
It is not great looking software but serves the purpose for research!
Open the image and save it to text file.
Open the text file using EXCEL.
Scroll down until you find the Grayscale section. For each pixel there is one number listed.
Find the transition from white to black. It should look something like 175 175 175 70 60 55 55 55 55
This may vary in numbers, which is not important. It all depends on how white the paper is and how dark the line is.
Again, this is not important.
Count the number of pixels it took to transition from white to black. In my example above it took 3 pixels.
This transition is what humans interpret as sharpness or in focus. If it takes 5, 6, 7 pixels to transition, then the image is less sharp. Measure it.
Repeat the test by taking the camera out of autofocus, change aperture, etc. You will soon understand your camera.
A standard 35 mm camera will not transition in 1 pixel, it should be 2 to 3 pixels.

A couple of things to consider, keep the distance just far enough to allow the camera to focus properly. I would say 6 feet. Experiment with zoom settings but don't try to macro the object. That defeats the purpose of the test.
08.05.15, 04:42
You can easily test your camera and lens for sharpness using a white piece of paper (use a good quality printer paper)
Draw a skinny line with a pencil on the paper.
Photograph it using normal day light, no flash.
Camera on a tripod, vibration reduction set to off.
Open the image using Imager.
I created Imager for my students and it can be downloaded from my web site for free.
http://www.MyCIGroup.com then navigate to Imager.
It is not great looking software but serves the purpose for research!
Open the image and save it to text file.
Open the text file using EXCEL.
Scroll down until you find the Grayscale section. For each pixel there is one number listed.
Find the transition from white to black. It should look something like 175 175 175 70 60 55 55 55 55
This may vary in numbers, which is not important. It all depends on how white the paper is and how dark the line is.
Again, this is not important.
Count the number of pixels it took to transition from white to black. In my example above it took 3 pixels.
This transition is what humans interpret as sharpness or in focus. If it takes 5, 6, 7 pixels to transition, then the image is less sharp. Measure it.
Repeat the test by taking the camera out of autofocus, change aperture, etc. You will soon understand your camera.
A standard 35 mm camera will not transition in 1 pixel, it should be 2 to 3 pixels.

A couple of things to consider, keep the distance just far enough to allow the camera to focus properly. I would say 6 feet. Experiment with zoom settings but don't try to macro the object. That defeats the purpose of the test.
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Ken Piros

April 2015 Monthly Theme - Minimalism

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online photoclass

Hi Leonid, fine contribution to get a higher level
gr.Rob
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Ken Piros

February Monthly Theme – Something around the house

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