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Double Aperture Series: Lee Vining Creek, Classic Autumn in the High Sierra (GFX100 II)
This aperture series from f/1.7 to f/11 looks at image quality over the aperture range using two different focusing points: one about 50 yards out (already quite far!) and another on the far peaks.
It is instructive in showing that even f/11 is insufficient for peak quality even focused 50 yards out! The two series shot conventionally are all about where the compromise will be (near or far). Whereas the focus stack at f/8 which wildly exceeds the detail possible with either.
As usual I had to shoot an infinity focus frame manually due to the longstanding Focus BKT bug in the Fujifilm GFX100 II/100S/100. That frame is critical for sharpness in the distance... except that I goofed in my first stack and left it out. The revised image below is very noticeably sharper in the far distance than the one I posted earlier in the day. What in hell is wrong with Fujifilm engineers that this bug has existed for 5+ years—utter incompetence that even a moron could fix with one (1) line of code. Total FUBAR. I’m seriously pissed-off and tired of waiting for these jackasses to sit around with their thumbs up their asses doing nothing about it.
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