Over the years, I’ve noticed some photographers post insanely sharp images. Primarily portraits of people. Like everything is perfectly crisp even when they post to Facebook and social media programs that generally destroy resolution.
I wouldn’t get similar sharpness even if I boosted my shots 100%.
Are they using crazy expensive lenses or do the newer mirrorless cameras just capture more of a crisp look? It’s almost as if the resolution is 2-3x what I shoot in. All I’ve ever shot with is the 5D series.
The only time I’ve obtained similar sharpness was using art lenses up-close, but those are super heavy so I can’t imagine photographers are using them often.
Is this all software related? Are they using some specialized program that perfectly sharpens each image? If so, what are they using? I’m not talking about focus. Specifically sharpness.
I shoot with a variety of cameras so I think I can say it all has to do with the medium. My Minolta maxxum 3xi produces an insanely sharp image even with some cheap film, so does my Samsung nx100 that came out 10 years ago produces sharp images. A big part of what your noticing is good editing as well as new cameras and lenses, but a big part of it is the technical skill, knowing what to shoot where. IMO it’s a matter of perception when it comes to that, you either have the eye for sharp interesting shots or you don’t at this point in time, you would have to develop that over time to get sharp shots consistently.