Haha... a little bit of tummy lah... yes back to Oly. The IS and the ISO performance of the E510 really makes a difference. One last issue I have with Oly is the flash. It really eats batteries. But on balance, it's the lightest handholdable setup I can find. I don't have the physique to lug along a 5KG setup. Still have the C equipment. Will let go soon.
They look typical of an excellent lens to me and for the price of that lens, it ought to be unnaturally sharp.
Hi Schon and microcosm. Perhaps overzealous sharpening. The last step in my usual workflow is applying USM after reducing image size for web, setting at 150%, 0.5 pixel, 4 levels threshold.
Ok, now the image below is at 50%, 0.5 pixel instead:
that's much better, red-i.
it's natural to go unnaturally sharp with usm during pp, cos in your mind all that goes is more, more, more... uhhhhh. yeah you get the idea. haha.
Thanks bousozoku. I've posted another pic with less USM.
I compensated for that. I use a fuzzy web browser. It softened any extra sharpening in the photos, so they look quite amazing, as they should.
A friend of mine mentioned that a flamingo photo I took looked almost like a 3D rendering and I didn't even apply an unsharp mask.
I see. You are using the same setup? ie Bigma + E510? I hear that some Sigma 4/3 lenses have to be recalibrated due to back focus issues. Good to hear yours is a sharp copy. I'm planning to send mine to Sigma in Singapore for a check because the focusing accuracy seems to fall as the subject distance increases. Thanks for sharing your experience
