Does this look sharp?

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I'm trying/practicing my manual focus technique on my Nikon 135mm f2.8 AI lens. I adjust the focus using my eyes and little support using the camera focus indicator. I'm a little pixel peep sometimes so i'm not too sure is it me or the image is not sharp enough. Equipment use are Nikon D7000 and Nikon 135mm f2.8 AI lens.

135mm f2.8


Nikon 135mm f2.8 AI test (at f2.8) by badboy250984, on Flickr

135mm f4


Nikon 135mm f2.8 AI test (at f4) by badboy250984, on Flickr

135mm f4


Nikon 135mm f2.8 AI test (at f4) by badboy250984, on Flickr
 
Looks good to me :thumbs:
 
Looks good to me too, but if you want to practise manual focusing (not sure why, but hey ho... :D) then pick a subject that has areas close in front and behind the target. That way to can see where the focus has actually landed if it's not perfect.

For example, put the pixie on a patterned mat.
 
thats a good point Richard. I shall try that :)

I practicing MF because i got 2 Nikon manual focus lens which is very good, i also got them for free and cheap too. If i can get the focus bang on everytime i can't see myself buying a AF lens on those focal :)
 
The second photo I believed is an example of deep depth of field photo style. Plus DDF also shows sharpness as the background image seem blurry, letting the center image area or subject photo stands out.
 
amethyst said:
The second photo I believed is an example of deep depth of field photo style. Plus DDF also shows sharpness as the background image seem blurry, letting the center image area or subject photo stands out.
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I didn't notice that until you mention about it lol. I just too concentrate on getting focus right on my hands lol.
 
They are actually all the opposite and are low depth of field. A high depth of field would mean everything in the shot is in focus.
 
ernesto said:
They are actually all the opposite and are low depth of field. A high depth of field would mean everything in the shot is in focus.
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Yep, and they look generally pretty sharp to me.
 
badboy1984 said:
thats a good point Richard. I shall try that :)

I practicing MF because i got 2 Nikon manual focus lens which is very good, i also got them for free and cheap too. If i can get the focus bang on everytime i can't see myself buying a AF lens on those focal :)
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Try a different focusing screen for manual focusing.

The standard screen is optimised for brightness and AF, but they usually show DoF equivalent to something like f/5.6 even with a much lower f/number lens.

MF screens show the true DoF and help the image snap in and out of focus better. Often with a split-image centre spot that works really well.
 
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