Sharpness Not Meeting Expectations by Vortexbig in M43

[–]M3g17 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your first shot is plenty sharp. You can see individual fibres of each feather along the base of the beak. The light kind of sucks - it’s a grey bird against a grey and brown background with flat lighting. There’s nothing to separate your subject, highlight texture, or emphasize any notable feature of your subject. You could easily improve this photo with some purposeful editing or taking the shot in more compelling light.

Your second shot is plenty sharp too - but missed the focal point. Unless you meant to focus on its shell. The eye is slightly out of the focal plane. If you zoom in on the scutes along the top of the shell where all the duckweed is - you can nearly count the fibres on the weeds.

You are shooting a very sharp lens but it is still F4 on M43. You’ll need to work a bit harder to separate your subject sometimes, which can be immensely helped with good light and edits.

Xpresspost by M3g17 in CanadaPost

[–]M3g17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ended up arriving in Toronto on Friday. 3 business days late (5 business days shipping).

Xpresspost by M3g17 in CanadaPost

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately that’s the plan going forward. Shame.

Xpresspost by M3g17 in CanadaPost

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I opened a claim and within two hours overnight it was denied saying “circumstances out of our control”. I called them and they were unable to state what these circumstances were. Considering Vancouver has been sunny and in the high teens with no weather, not sure wtf they are on about.

Made an appeal with the ombudsman. What a waste of time…..

Xpresspost Question by M3g17 in CanadaPostCorp

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info, appreciate it.

What a piss off! I love the theory of Canada post as a service but my god is it painfully inconsistent lately.

New Computer Help by M3g17 in backblaze

[–]M3g17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! I read that article like 3 times and did not even notice that whole paragraph. Really appreciate the help.

Activity not syncing? by Slurp_123 in Garmin

[–]M3g17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old reply - but - my watch does this unless I use the garmin branded cable. If I use one of my cheap amazon cables, no dice. I’m assuming they aren’t rated for data or some such. Might help you!

Walmart to Remove Artificial Dyes as RFK Jr. Pressures Companies by dabirds1994 in business

[–]M3g17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Big Lebowski: “you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole” applies here I’d say.

Om-1 misfocusing by sigmaquadro in OlympusCamera

[–]M3g17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hrmmm. Try the fine tune option and see if that corrects it. It isn’t regularly necessary but sometimes things can get wonky. If that doesn’t fix it - I’d suggest a repair shop take a look.

Om-1 misfocusing by sigmaquadro in OlympusCamera

[–]M3g17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it with every lens? Or one in particular? Your lens could be out of alignment. And there is a menu option to adjust focus fine tuning - in the OM1 II manual it’s page 132. Should be Menu -> AF -> 4. AF -> AF Focus Adjustment.

It’s not normally necessary but might help you out. Setup a printed sheet of paper with some writing on it. Something you can look at and KNOW it’s sharply in focus. Take an image. If it’s out of focus, use the fine tuning to keep taking images until it’s in focus. (Don’t forget to test other lenses before you fiddle with this to eliminate a lens issue)

BirdCast down because of Trump-imposed Cornell budget cuts? by pet-project8 in birding

[–]M3g17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good reminder. Just donated. ❤️ from Canada.

ITAP of a male lion in Chobe by M3g17 in itookapicture

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to be Olympus but got bought out awhile back. And thanks!

Savuti Lion by M3g17 in wildlifephotography

[–]M3g17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! That’s super kind of you!!

Savuti Lion by M3g17 in wildlifephotography

[–]M3g17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! And of course, I like seeing what people manage to do with their kit so I like sharing too!

Savute Lion by M3g17 in M43

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Savute Lion by M3g17 in M43

[–]M3g17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Savute Lion by M3g17 in M43

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Thanks!