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Aperture Series: Curvy Grade, Colorado National Monument
This page presents evaluates the Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 from f/4 to f/11, commenting also on the quality of the Hasselblad X2D 100C.
Includes images up to full camera resolution from f/4 to f/11. Also includes a 2-frame focus stack at f/8.
Curvy Grade, Colorado National Monument
Adobe Camera Raw 13.4.0.872. View ACR Settings. Camera Profile = Color. Lateral chromatic aberration corrected. Vignetting correction, partial. Distortion not corrected. Diffraction mitigating sharpening for f/8, f11.
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