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Viewing at 100% is fine for examination purposes. I know you are just experimenting, but try shooting something that fits your typical style of photography (landscape, portrait, whatever) and scrutinize that. So for a random hand held shot I think it looks fine. In real life, that would be shot with carefully arranged lighting, with a tripod and a macro lens, possibly focus stacking and no cropping. What could be throwing you is that this particular shot looks like a product presentation.

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In short, I would say yes it looks pretty sharp given the circumstances - a hand held shot at 1/80 and ISO 2000, then cropped to 100%. I will try more shots with higher fs to see effect of deeper DoF. That's probably why the rest of the dial appear bit out of focus. The original image's focus point was in the center of the image where upper left dial was. I do have tripod, but I am trying to practice without using tripod at the moment. If you want to shoot nighttime cityscapes, definitely get a tripod. If you want to shoot close-ups of watches, then consider getting a macro lens and a tripod. Your lens is a general purpose lens, not well suited close-up photography or the nighttime cityscape that you posted in another thread.

You may be able to increase the sharpness slightly in post processing depending on what camera settings you are currently using - I assume that you are shooting JPEGs.

I think that it is OK to have the strap and winder out of focus, but you really want all of the dial and hands to be sharp.

Check your focusing and angle to minimise depth of field problems.

If you haven't got a tripod, then you need to increase the illumination on the watch greatly and hand hold the camera very carefully.

If you want the sharpest possible images, then you want aperture and shutter speed settings that give you an ISO of 100. This is going to be very important if you also need to shoot at f/11.

Shoot off a tripod to avoid any camera shake and to be able to shoot at a slower shutter speed to increase the amount of light falling on the sensor and reduce noise.

Also be aware that most lenses will be at their sharpest in the middle of the image and at their softest in the corners. It would also give you greater depth of field. Shooting at f/8-f/11 or smaller might give you a sharper image.

Most lenses are at their sharpest 2-3 stops below their maximum aperture (lowest f/ number).Most of the problems with the image seem to me to be caused by the very shallow depth of field that you get with this type of close-up at an oblique angle.Ĭan you get it sharper? Almost certainly by doing some of the following: To try to answer the first question, the image that you have posted is low resolution, but it seems to me that the left hand side of the dial is quite sharp, and there doesn't seem to be a problem with the lens. Does the image that I have posted suggest that there is a problem with my camera or lens?.I am therefore going to try to answer two different questions: posting on the web or printing at a very large size. If it runs behind, it is necessary to increase the number of TPD by one step.As somebody else has said, "sharp enough" depends on what you are going to use the image for, e.g.

Then place your watch into the winder and check after a few days how accurate your watch shows the time. You should select the combined winding mode (CW+CCW) and the minimal number of turns per day (TPD).

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If you could not find your watch model (or caliber) in this table, you may determine your SEIKO winding mode on a trial basis. « Both» - Combined mode (Clockwise + Counterclockwise).« CCW» - Counterclockwise winding direction.