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Right at the M9 limit: Can this picture be processed for a large print


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Hi, the following picture was made with a M9 + 90mm right at the very extrem limit of this setup: ISO 2500, f=2.8. I am not very experienced in post image processing and especially have no experience in large prints. My question is: Do you guys see any chance to make a reasonable print of this at a size of 20 x 30 (inch)? If I look at 100 percent I have my doubts because of the sharpness and noise, but on the other hand there will be no one standing right in front of the picture. Actually this picture lives from the colors and not the sharpness, so I have hope. Is there a reasonable test with a smaller print I can make?

 

Thank you for any advise!

Bernd

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No chance, but you are being hard blaming the camera, the figures in the foreground are sharper than those in the background so the image isn't optimally focused anyway. Even wide open a lens has more DOF behind the point of focus than in front of it, so you'd have got a better result focusing on the foreground and using the deeper DOF behind that point.

 

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Hi Steve,

 

thank you for your feedback. Clearly the focus is not optimal. The picture was picked by a friend, but after comparing it to the other ones, I can clearly see that the focus is off. So I picked another one.

 

What I do not understand is that you say "the figures in the foreground are sharper than those in the background". To which figure are you referring? The closest figure to the camera can be seen in the left bottom crop. I probably focussed on the guy in the middle, or the woman in the middle and clearly the focus is still not good. So there are other issues comparing it to other pictures of this series. I will discard this picture. Asking generally: On what object would you have focussed?

 

Ok, next try. I picked one picture, where the focus is much better. Do you guys see here any hope for a larger print?

 

Thank you for your help!

Bernd

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