How to Take Sharper Photographs
Focus accurately: Use live view mode or your screen with maximum magnification and focus manually for more accuracy, if you have time., Use your lens sweet spot., Set you shutter speed should be about 1/(twice your focal length) to prevent movement...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Focus accurately: Use live view mode or your screen with maximum magnification and focus manually for more accuracy
If not, use automatic focus but make sure your camera is not tricked by any difficult contrast or very dark areas etc. -
Step 2: if you have time.
If you can choose the aperture manually, take it to the higher range of the possible aperture range, in other words a little more than the average setting.
Usually around f8-f12 is good.
Otherwise, if you choose the maximum aperture (f16
- f22) you will face diffraction, and if you choose the minimum aperture (f1.2
- f2.8) your photograph will not be sharp everywhere. , For example, if your focal length is 50mm, try to have a shutter speed of about 1/100.
You can lower it when you feel more comfortable.
Also adapt it to your subject, sport for example, requires higher shutter speed to freeze the action. ,,,,, The action of pressing the button of your camera will most likely shake it a little, using the burst mode, the second or the third picture have higher chance of being sharper, since you just keep the button pressed. , Bend your knees a little. ,, -
Step 3: Use your lens sweet spot.
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Step 4: Set you shutter speed should be about 1/(twice your focal length) to prevent movement blur.
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Step 5: Use one of the starting ISO
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Step 6: if you have to go handheld and just look for sharp pictures
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Step 7: focus on shutter speed more than ISO though.
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Step 8: Turn image stabilizer on when you use your camera handheld
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Step 9: turn it off when you use a tripod.
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Step 10: Make sure your lens is clean and remove any filter if they are not needed (filters
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Step 11: especially cheap ones
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Step 12: lower image quality).
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Step 13: Save photographs as Raw rather than Jpeg
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Step 14: Jpeg is a destructive file format and contains less information than Raw.
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Step 15: Use your burst mode.
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Step 16: Use your two hands and keep your arms close to your body.
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Step 17: Relax and take the picture between breath times.
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Step 18: Use your environment
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Step 19: if it is possible
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Step 20: lay your elbows on a stable surface
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Step 21: or lie down on a wall.
Detailed Guide
If not, use automatic focus but make sure your camera is not tricked by any difficult contrast or very dark areas etc.
If you can choose the aperture manually, take it to the higher range of the possible aperture range, in other words a little more than the average setting.
Usually around f8-f12 is good.
Otherwise, if you choose the maximum aperture (f16
- f22) you will face diffraction, and if you choose the minimum aperture (f1.2
- f2.8) your photograph will not be sharp everywhere. , For example, if your focal length is 50mm, try to have a shutter speed of about 1/100.
You can lower it when you feel more comfortable.
Also adapt it to your subject, sport for example, requires higher shutter speed to freeze the action. ,,,,, The action of pressing the button of your camera will most likely shake it a little, using the burst mode, the second or the third picture have higher chance of being sharper, since you just keep the button pressed. , Bend your knees a little. ,,
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