This is a question I receive often from beginners who are misinterpreting the sharpness of their images based on how they look at percent zoom also referred to as percent crop. In some cases images are being zoomed in as much as percent or more! That is called Pixel Peeping. Many photographers are so hung up on how images look at percent that they are earth shatteringly disappointed with either their gear or technique.
So why do we do it with photographs? Similar to paintings in a museum, photographs are meant to be viewed as a whole, and from a certain distance. It will leads to the inability to see the forest because of the trees. The way some folks pixel peep, they're trying to see the individuals leaves on a tree instead of the forest! Show 3 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Pixel peeping can be defined as magnifying an image until individual pixels are perceivable by the viewer.
Pixel peeping may also be defined as magnifying an image on a monitor until each pixel in the image is displayed using one pixel group made up of a red, green, and blue sub-pixel on the monitor.
Some of those things include: Subtle effects of slight changes in noise reduction settings, for example, are easier to see at high magnifications. Care must be made, however, to always check sharpening settings for undesirable artifacts at the desired display size.
When doing dust deletion or other types of "healing" such as cloning out "hot pixels" or bugs flying in the scene. Helping us to see detail when drawing precise masks to process an image in layers. To properly compare images from two different cameras, each needs to be magnified so that the resulting overall image size from both is the same. One can become obsessed with having a "best copy" of a particular lens. One might buy and sell dozens of copies of a lens until one is satisfied they have a "good" instead of a "bad" copy.
Then, when they update their camera body, they discover that those "good" copies on the old camera body are now "bad' copies on the new one because the real difference is in manufacturing tolerances and the way they combine between a specific camera and a specific lens. Related to this, one can become obsessed with owning the "best" lens for a particular camera mount in a particular focal length, or the "best" camera according to all of the noise on the internet.
The thought that one may come across another photographer who is shooting with a "better" lens becomes absolutely horrifying!
One "must" have that better lens! The knowledge that another camera scored higher at DxO Mark than the camera one is currently using can not be allowed to go unanswered!
One "must" have that better camera! One can become obsessed with owning lenses that have scored the highest when tested making images of flat test charts at relatively short distances, even though one may not plan to ever become involved in taking images of flat objects at relatively short distances. Often lenses that score well in such tests are less appropriate for other types of photography that benefit from different design decisions that don't necessarily require absolute edge to edge sharpness of a flat test chart at a relatively short distance.
For example, the rendering of out of focus areas of an image, what we call "bokeh", may be a greater concern. At times it seems that designing a lens that renders very smooth and pleasing bokeh can be diametrically opposed to designing a lens that gives ultimate performance shooting flat test charts at very short distances.
The former would be considered a "portrait" lens, the latter would be considered a "macro" lens. It is for me! Here are a few other image examples of shots I would never have taken if I had been pixel peeping. NOTE: This is how we roll on our photo tours! The image above is of our group in India. We promise adventure and no shortage of interesting photography subjects like this! Does having more megapixels give us more happiness and meaning from our photos? One of my favorite photos of me and Cindy was shot on a smartphone.
To me, the photo is one of my favorites— because I can feel the emotion, soul, intimacy, and happiness in the image. I honestly feel that most photographers would be much happier just shooting with their smartphones. Because it is always with you. And it is easier to share beautiful memories with your family. And it makes us worry less about the technology, and more about capturing the moment.
Steve Jobs and Jony Ive did the most amazing thing with the iPhone.
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