dagimage2
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I got a refurb RD1 from Epson about a month ago and it arrived, as expected, with the rangefinder out of whack. I adjusted the infinity alignment myself, and it looked to me like that had fixed the focus both near and far. When I shoot a focus chart, it looks like the sharpest focus seems to be where I expect it to be. But all my images still look a little soft to me.
The problem is, I don't have a sense of how images are supposed to look straight out of this camera. So I can't tell if the rangefinder needs more adjustment, or if it's a problem with my lenses, or maybe some issue with the sensor in this unit (which was well used before it was "refurbed"), or if I just need to increase the sharpening at the raw conversion step. Or even if I need to try a different raw converter (I'm using ACR now.)
So far, I've only been able to do a subjective comparison with the results I was getting from my D100 -- but I sold that before I got the RD1, so I can't do any direct comparisons. But it looks to me like the unsharpened raw images from the D100 are sharper than what I'm getting from the RD1.
So I'm wondering if someone would be willing to post an example of what a correct, in-focus image from the RD1, without any sharpening applied, would look like. I'd love to see a crop, at 100% resolution, of a focus chart or an image with fine detail, either of a jpeg with in-camera sharpening turned off, or a raw file with no sharpening applied at conversion. That should give me a benchmark with which to compare my own results. (Oh, and please let me know which raw converter you are using, so I can try using that.)
Many thanks. And I just want to say, this forum has been an immensely useful resource for me, so thanks to all the contributors.
_Dave
The problem is, I don't have a sense of how images are supposed to look straight out of this camera. So I can't tell if the rangefinder needs more adjustment, or if it's a problem with my lenses, or maybe some issue with the sensor in this unit (which was well used before it was "refurbed"), or if I just need to increase the sharpening at the raw conversion step. Or even if I need to try a different raw converter (I'm using ACR now.)
So far, I've only been able to do a subjective comparison with the results I was getting from my D100 -- but I sold that before I got the RD1, so I can't do any direct comparisons. But it looks to me like the unsharpened raw images from the D100 are sharper than what I'm getting from the RD1.
So I'm wondering if someone would be willing to post an example of what a correct, in-focus image from the RD1, without any sharpening applied, would look like. I'd love to see a crop, at 100% resolution, of a focus chart or an image with fine detail, either of a jpeg with in-camera sharpening turned off, or a raw file with no sharpening applied at conversion. That should give me a benchmark with which to compare my own results. (Oh, and please let me know which raw converter you are using, so I can try using that.)
Many thanks. And I just want to say, this forum has been an immensely useful resource for me, so thanks to all the contributors.
_Dave
