Here are two examples:




Both pictures are in NEF format here.

The pictures have not been modified in any way except except for being resized and converted to PNG.

Just for kicks (and to prove I'm not crazy) I sharpened the butterfly image via "unsharp mask." It's not a pretty result but I just wanted to demonstrate "sharp" vs. "blurred."



Kind of annoying because I've ruined many epic shots with this odd focus problem.

My original Film SLR was a Minolta Dynax 505si Super 35mm (or in the same family, I think) and it performed marvellously. I used it for about 4 or 5 years all throughout high school and then (as an avid film photographer) begrudgingly made the switch over to digital in college. But the Minolta definitely gave me experience in photography and people genuinely enjoyed my photographs.

Early on, I don't know if I was just enamoured with the idea of vibrant digital images from an SLR or if I just didn't notice enough, but I don't remember a whole lot of images that came out blurry in the beginning. Maybe 60% of them (a liberal estimate). I accidentally deleted about a year's worth of early pictures so I'm unable to tell now.

The preview in the viewfinder doesn't appear to be blurry at all; then again, there's a huge different between the 3" preview screen and my 20" computer monitor.

Here are things I've tried:


Using a tripod (although, as you can tell, the issue is not a motion blur issue).
Tried different aperture settings (for example, the landscape image is f/22).
Tried different ISO.
Manual focus.
Auto focus.
Manually "de-focusing" the object (focusing behind it and focusing in front of it). Although, with the picture of the butterfly, this doesn't seem to be the case: it has varying depth of field and even the supposedly "in-focus" butterfly is out of focus.
Changing the "sharpening" property via the camera: Menu > Set Picture Control > (picture control -- e.g. "Neutral") > Sharpening
Went into a physical repair shop and they did test images. They didn't seem to find a problem, patted me on the head, and told me to be a good photographer and use the autofocus.
Letting someone else take the picture.
Chromatic aberration correction (typically through Digikam)
Different Lenses. The two below are using my AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1.3.5-5.6 G lens. I have a AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm 1.4-5.6G ED telephoto and get the same result (sometimes result is worse -- can post an example if needed).
And, oh, yeah, I even sent it into Nikon...three times. They said they fixed the problem. But, you know how those things go...


Oddly enough I've looked up reviews for my camera and both lenses and couldn't find many (if any) reviews stating blurry pictures for every picture.

A few thoughts:


Could whichever photo editing program I'm using be the cause of the blur? I used Linux so I've used Digikam (my favorite), F-Spot, and the Gimp.
Maybe it's normal for digital pictures to be blurry compared to film? Digital doesn't use crystals like film, so the opposite should seem true. I wonder this because a lot of work has gone into sharpening tools like unsharpen mask.


Sorry for the long post and various photo examples. Thanks in advance!


Question: Can lists do version control on attachments?
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Its even better if you can create a custom document content type and use it as the default content type of the library.