The Digital Photography Book

Getting “Tack Sharp” Starts with a Tripod

There’s not just one trick that will give you the sharp photos the pros get; it’s a combination of things that all come together to give you “tack sharp” shots. (Tack sharp is the term pro photographers use to describe the ultimate level of sharpness. Sadly, we aren’t the best at coming up with highly imaginative names for things.) So, while there are a number of things you’ll need to do to get tack-sharp photos, the most important is shooting on a tripod. In fact, if there’s one single thing that really separates the pros from the amateurs, it’s that the pros shoot on a tripod very often (even in daylight). ...