It's always said to be, so I thought I would check it out.
Used the smallest, sharpest dress-maker's pin I could find. Set up a pin held by Blu-Tac on a solid kitchen work surface, illuminated with a 150watt halogen security light + Lastolite reflector, and soon realised how any movement or shake would make things impossible...
Tried several different shutter speeds, flash, d.o.fs etc. Flash didn't help - tended to reflect too much shine. Tripod was locked rigid, focusing done manually.
Image shown is exactly as it came out of the camera - no cropping, sharpening or processing.
Conclusion - either pins aren't all that sharp or I need to try something different....
Any suggestions, or, better still, can anyone else have a go and get a sharper pin image?
50D, EF100mm Macro, 0.3sec, f16.
Used the smallest, sharpest dress-maker's pin I could find. Set up a pin held by Blu-Tac on a solid kitchen work surface, illuminated with a 150watt halogen security light + Lastolite reflector, and soon realised how any movement or shake would make things impossible...
Tried several different shutter speeds, flash, d.o.fs etc. Flash didn't help - tended to reflect too much shine. Tripod was locked rigid, focusing done manually.
Image shown is exactly as it came out of the camera - no cropping, sharpening or processing.
Conclusion - either pins aren't all that sharp or I need to try something different....
Any suggestions, or, better still, can anyone else have a go and get a sharper pin image?
50D, EF100mm Macro, 0.3sec, f16.
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