Amateur Photographer

Sharpen your vision

James Abbott

James is a landscape and portrait photographer based in Cambridge. He’s also a freelance photography journalist and editor specialising in photography techniques, tutorials and reviews. See more of his work at www.jamesaphoto.co.uk

all want to take the sharpest images possible but buying the best lenses available will only take you so far. It’s certainly not what you want to hear, but other factors such as light, technique, AF performance and AF calibration between camera and lens can all play a part in reducing image sharpness. And while we can’t control all of these issues, all of the time,

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