@Shaneradin wrote:here are some pictures I took of individuals just walking. When u zoom in their face details are still slightly blurry even at f/8
Hello again, Shaneradin!
I had some extra time this evening, so I was able to d/l your Raw files and take a look.
First, as Trevor noticed earlier in the thread, there are sharp areas in your photos.
These two are from a 50% zoom that I took the liberty of editing in DPP. Hopefully you can see the sharpness of the logos, buttons, and fabric. The faces are a little soft, but it's still a workable image. I can't explain why the faces are soft.
This is a 100% zoom. In my software, it looks pretty good.
Second, I noticed you are using "Face+Tracking" as your AF selection mode. I would suggest, since you are concerned about faces being soft, to change from that mode to any of the following other four modes, fine, spot, expand with four, or expand with eight. This will concentrate your focus on the face. When I want to nail focus, I use fine or spot. I do use Face+tracking when shooting BIF and some flying insects, but those are situations where there are very few distractions, normally blue sky. I've found that when there are distractions, even when faces are involved, Face+tracking isn't the best way to go. At least give it a try. You can temporarily bind your AF Selection method to your lens control ring and experiment with the modes I mentioned. I think you will have a better chance of nailing faces.
Newton
