Re: Lensbaby Sponsored Selective Blur Photography Competition

David Kilpatrick wrote:

> Then take a look at a section of an actual part of the 10 megapixel Sony

> A100 image - remember this is a manually focused image taken at the full

> f2 aperture of a doublet LD cemented lens, and it's actually shot 
> through cabinet glass as well:
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/davidkilpatrick/image/79029213/original.jpg
> 
> The lettering on the watch is define about as sharply as I would expect 
> any 50mm f2 six-element lens to do under these conditions, and the 
> artefacts with their coma-tail shapes and rainbows are beyond any quick 
> Photoshop retouching or FX.

My error - this is a 17 megapixel ex****t, of course, not an actual size 
file. The image is ex****ted to 5120 pixels high using PS2 ACR. When I 
reproduce pix in print I tend to take the original to A3+ this way, or 
the reader has absolutely no idea of the sharpness or detail. It is, 
also, free from any unsharp masking or sharpening - prefer to see the 
native sharpness of the system.

David