My coll's sandbag doggy...

JimDavis · 2nd March 2005

I've taken a photo of my colleague's sandbag doggy in his car while we were on the way out for lunch few days back....doggy seems sharp when view in camera LCD, but look soft after uploading...dunno why...

Anyone can help to explain why?

LifeWorld · 2nd March 2005

Hmm.... look like a baby cow to me!!!

Are you comparing at different resolution? Lower resolution tends to look sharper! And if I am not wrong, I think it's focused on the glass instead.

natnivek · 3rd March 2005

Yup.. It's definately a cow...

And nope... it's not "soft". It's simply out of focus...

I think the crop is a little too tight at the bottom.

2cts 2cts...

tankm · 3rd March 2005

Focus....u know already, no need to comment. While viewing on LCD, I zoom in to at least 8x (on FZ20) to check photo sharpness. Have come across lots of time when viewing on LCD 1x it look sharp and great only to be dissapointed when view on the PC.

Composition....For me, the positioning at left bottom corner may not work here, too much "blank" spaces. I think u are trying to use the rule of 1/3 here if I'm not wrong. You may want to try cropping and position it in dead center as the "cow" is symetric and see if it works out better.

awongkk · 3rd March 2005

Originally Posted by tankm

Focus....u know already, no need to comment. While viewing on LCD, I zoom in to at least 8x (on FZ20) to check photo sharpness. Have come across lots of time when viewing on LCD 1x it look sharp and great only to be dissapointed when view on the PC.

totally agreed on that, especially on low light conditions. a small hand shake like pressing the shuttler button will make the photo looks soft. I normally preview with 4X zoom to check the sharpness on the cam.

JimDavis · 3rd March 2005

Okie all! Thanks for your comments, ideas and contributions.

I think I know what happened liaoz.

2nd March 2005	#1
JimDavis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Eunos Posts: 2,734	My coll's sandbag doggy... I've taken a photo of my colleague's sandbag doggy in his car while we were on the way out for lunch few days back....doggy seems sharp when view in camera LCD, but look soft after uploading...dunno why... Anyone can help to explain why?

2nd March 2005	#2
LifeWorld Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Coast Posts: 2,318	Hmm.... look like a baby cow to me!!! Are you comparing at different resolution? Lower resolution tends to look sharper! And if I am not wrong, I think it's focused on the glass instead.

3rd March 2005	#3
natnivek Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eastside Posts: 836	Yup.. It's definately a cow... And nope... it's not "soft". It's simply out of focus... I think the crop is a little too tight at the bottom. 2cts 2cts...

3rd March 2005	#4
tankm Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,619	Focus....u know already, no need to comment. While viewing on LCD, I zoom in to at least 8x (on FZ20) to check photo sharpness. Have come across lots of time when viewing on LCD 1x it look sharp and great only to be dissapointed when view on the PC. Composition....For me, the positioning at left bottom corner may not work here, too much "blank" spaces. I think u are trying to use the rule of 1/3 here if I'm not wrong. You may want to try cropping and position it in dead center as the "cow" is symetric and see if it works out better.