Nikon D5100: Is there a sharpness problem? (Page 3): OK will do, but too dark at the mo, thought I would just post in defence of D5100, there are red bricks and wall blocks in pic that...

Dadyassa Loc: Spain

Nikonfan70 wrote:

Difficult to see focus on that subject on a monitor. Looks pretty good. Try something simple with well defined lines like a wall or a house.

OK will do, but too dark at the mo, thought I would just post in defence of D5100, there are red bricks and wall blocks in pic that look in focus concidering it was taken handheld by a newbie ;-)

William Loc: Mississippi

Good to read all this and wonder if I should get up
the line but right now the 3100D do do de job fer me. BVVV

want a bigger view finder is all I want and the remote

oh yeah ... all test are either way but M is 1st & A 2nd

Nikonfan70 Loc: Long Island

I have the D3100 and it is fine. I have the remote cord MC-DC2 and it works perfect. Do you mean view finder or lcd screen.My 3100 is 3" about as big as it gets. I am getting good results with it. Check some of my stuff on flickr. I am Chico195 there.

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

abc1234 wrote:

I am working with a friend who recently bought a Nikon D5100. The kit lens and the AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1:8 D lens do not give a sharp result. I am attaching two comparison shots taken with the 50 mm lens on D50 and D5100 bodies. The D50 appears sharper. The downloaded files highlight the differences better than those in the post.

What do you think? Is this the best the D5100 can do or is something wrong with it? Are we missing something? What would you do?

Thanks for the help.

IMO the auto focus is being fooled by the mass of detail in all the depth levels of the subjects. Try on this type of subject to manually focus the lens. There should be NO difference in the exposures either. The lens has no bearing on the exposure. 1/250 at whatever aperture should be the same on all the pics of identical subject in the same ambient lighting conditions. Incorrect exposure will always decrease the sharpness of the image, but IMO under exposure allows you more latitude in Post Processing. If the image is overexposed you cannot put the detail back!

Ian

Radioman Loc: Ontario Canada

abc1234 wrote:

I am working with a friend who recently bought a Nikon D5100. The kit lens and the AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1:8 D lens do not give a sharp result. I am attaching two comparison shots taken with the 50 mm lens on D50 and D5100 bodies. The D50 appears sharper. The downloaded files highlight the differences better than those in the post.

What do you think? Is this the best the D5100 can do or is something wrong with it? Are we missing something? What would you do?

Thanks for the help.

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Hello,
This is probably a bit late - the EXIF information shows that the photo was taken with the lens set to MANUAL FOCUS.
Try again with the switch on the lens set to Auto.

EXIF info: