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Thank you so much everyone (especially Tim)! I shall look forward to putting all your tips into practice. I knew about the white piece of paper for WB but I didn't know the next part so thank you very much. Kind regards, Debbie

I can see I've got soooooo much to learn but thanks so much for all the responses - brilliant & honest feedback. I thought the live view was a bit of a gimmick to be honest but having tried it yesterday, I can see what you mean about the x10 magnification - brilliant focusing & I will definitely...

Wow! Thank you for your input and I really appreciate the time taken to answer my query. I have to be honest a lot of the technical jargon a bit hard to get my head around and sometimes it's knowing where to look for relevant articles etc - thank you for the links though - they will be very...

Hi Tim, thank you for your reply. I found your test shots really interesting but I'm confused - I thought the whole idea of stopping down was to increase sharpness? I don't use Live view at the moment but will perhaps try. I shoot in raw and tend to sharpen using digital photo professional...

Hi thanks for all the replies - I will read through them. In the meantime I've attached a photo as an example. If feel it could be sharper still. Thank you

Hi I was wondering if anyone could give me some technical advice? I am looking at how to make my photos of still life subjects even sharper. They are generally sharp but I think they could be sharper still. I am using the Canon 50d with canon macro 100mm lens 2.8. I ensure that I use a tripod...