Each time you sharpen the same knife make sure you use the same angle you used before. Mixing up the sharpening angle is generally not recommended. Using the same angle repeatedly is far more important that specific angle itself. In order to test the sharpness of your blade try carefully cut...
Shortly after buying my first DSLR, I was in the market for an everyday zoom lens that would give me both wide and telephoto zoom capabilities. I bought aCanon EF 28-135mm lens. It was a good lens (and reasonably priced), but the sharpness was lacking. A few months later, I borrowe...
First and foremost, it’s important to note that not all food choppers have blades that can be sharpened.Some are designed to be disposable and should be replaced when they become dull.So, check the manufacturer’s instructions before attempting to sharpen the blades.If your food chopper blades...
Of primary importance is the sharpness of the features, and for modern coins, the survival of the coin's original 'luster' is also to the credit of those towards the top of the scale. On older coins, the survival of the peripheral lettering is often an essential factor, as inscriptions ...
The reason to do this is, it greatly enhances your ability to see sharpness in-camera, so that you don’t have to go running between your test scene and your computer. While looking through the viewfinder, with the camera set to single (one-shot) focus and the lens at its widest apert...
Note that if you’re trying to photograph a low-contrast scene, such as a white house against a snowy backdrop, you may want to give up on autofocus entirely. Switch your lens over tomanual focus, then carefully turn your lens’s focus ring until you’ve achieved perfect sharpness. (For...
Unfortunately for the experimenting photographer, the earliest starbursts are going to be the "cleanest" unless a nice breeze is keeping the smoke moving out of the fireworks zone. This is another thing to keep in mind while shooting, since smoke/haze will reduce sharpness and alter the ...
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To check the sharpness of your straight razorsimply grab the hair with the hair root facing the palm/floor and the thinner end towards the sky. If you have no decent long hair for this test – have a look at the other half of your bed you should be able to find some from a/your ...
But there are a few settings that you’ll want to consider when you’re creating light painting photography. Aperture You can keep your aperture small, for extra sharpness and a deeper depth of field. Or, you can open it up for a dreamier effect—but be aware that, due to the ...