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50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus
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50 Things Photographers Need to Know About Focus

by John Greengo
June 2019
Beginner
156 pages
4h 59m
English
Rocky Nook
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26. HOW IMPORTANT IS LENS SHARPNESS?

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JUST BECAUSE A lens is properly focused doesn’t mean that your image will be as sharp as it could be. There are lots of factors that go into what makes an image sharp or in focus, and lens sharpness is an important factor to consider.

First off, not all lenses are as sharp as the manufacturers’ marketing departments would lead you to believe. Modern lens design has come a long way in more than 100 years of development, but producing a lens that is sharp at all focal lengths, apertures, and focusing distances is a tall order to fill.

Developing modern lenses involves a great number of factors that must be balanced ...

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