What AM I Doing Wrong?

[gazcatninjaboy]

You should be able to hand hold that lens ive got the 70-200 f2.8 and always use it handheld and get sharp shots (or what i think are sharp shots) this is a shot using the 70-200

Thats exectly the sharpness i'm after but they dont turn out that way. And i feel they should for the price of it.

 

[Wayner]

Just as a matter of interest, can I ask how much PP sharpening you chaps apply with images shot using this lens, do you find the amount varies depending on the subject matter or do you have a consistent setting that you use?

 

[macky799]

Just as a matter of interest, can I ask how much PP sharpening you chaps apply with images shot using this lens, do you find the amount varies depending on the subject matter or do you have a consistent setting that you use?

It depends, if you shot in raw you will have to sharpen it but if you shot jpeg the camera will sort some of it out for you (or thats what ive found). The picture ive posted above didnt need alot of sharpening

 

[StewartR]

gazcatninjaboy, you still haven't told us how you focus - manual selection of AF point, or automatic? And you still haven't told us what, if anything, you did to the images between pressing the shutter button and posting them here. (Apart from downsize too much and compress too much - we can see that.) And you still haven't posted any large images for us to look at.