Get RAZOR SHARP landscape photos with these EASY tips!
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- This video is FULL of tips to get razor-sharp landscape photos - one might say it's the ultimate list for getting sharp photos! All these tips are for the most part "rule of thumbs". There are plenty of situations where you can neglect some of the tips and sharpness isn't everything in photography. I dive into tips such as how to use a tripod optimally, how to take photos without a tripod, lens sharpness, how to avoid camera shake, how to get focus, and many, many, many more tips for getting sharp landscape photos.
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0:00 - What is sharpness?
0:50 - How I focus
1:35 - Aperture and sharpness
3:02 - How to test your lens
3:52 - Cropped sensors and sharpness
4:17 - Lenses and sharpness
4:53 - Pro lens vs entry-level lens comparison
5:45 - Megapixels and sharpness
6:27 - Sharpness tips for handheld photography
8:35 - Sharpness tips for using a tripod
10:54 - Settings for sharper photos
11:01 - Accessories for sharpness
12:22 - Should you use your backpack for extra weight?
12:55 - Very windy conditions sharpness tips
13:40 - The ground can shake!
14:12 - Crucial tip!!
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Very interesting Mads and a BIG thanks for also mentioning the sharper f stops for crop sensor cameras like I have. I keep hearing f8-f11/f13 as sharpest range for lenses and was wondering if, like a lot of things, you had to allow for the 1.5/1.6 crop so thanks for confirming. I think too many Pros forget a lot of us have not got full-frame cameras (I'm saving!) so including specific guidance where cropped sensor cameras differ is very useful. Please keep that going. Spikes in soft ground can be useful and one thing I found early on is dont leave a camera strap attached to the camera if you put it on a tripod. Not too much of an issue on a still day I guess but in wind it flaps about creating movement of the camera.
I've been a tripod spikes fan for years. Especially good on forest floors and sand; be sure to press firmly into the ground. Thanks for the frequent videos during our lock-down....
A lot of good solid information presented here, thank you !
You are even stoked about the basics! You help me to keep a sense of humor about my learning and we share that ridiculous excitement, like talking outloud all by yourself, when something great happens!
I have used a tent peg and adjustable strap to attach the hook to the ground. You get a solid tripod on decent ground!
A good addition to your last video...... the way you explain it makes a huge difference ..... Thanks Mads !
brilliant mads, always learning something new when watching your vlogs
Great tips...a few I haven't heard before. Thanks for sharing them!
thanks for the great tips and advice, as always learning a lot with your videos.
Super helpful video, especially the tripod tips. Thanks!
Great tips and information Mads.Thank you for sharing.
Mads, your advice is always so amazing.
Thank you, Mads Peter. Yes with the breathing, hand held, also tuck elbows into your sides it also helps. Ty very much
Hi Mads, recently found your channel. Fabulous content which is already helping me enormously. Keep up the work. It’s greatly appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Mads for the great tips. Really enjoy your videos and beautiful photos!
Great video with useful tips and awareness of Do’s and Don’ts to capture the best possible image.
Thank you for the great tips!
Thanks Mads for sharing your advice, they are incredible congratulations
Nice and detailed tips for sharp pictures. Thank you!
Try using a elastic cord through the handle of your bag and up to the hook so that the bag just touches the ground. It prevents the swaying, keeps the center of gravity low, and the majority of the weight is still pulling down on the tripod. This has saved me many times in windy conditions! Thank for the great video!
One of the best videoes on the topic !!!! Thank You!!!
Wow, this is a really complete video on the subject!
Such great information and so clearly presented! Thank you!
Great idea in sitting in the tree 🌲 towards the end of your video. I love the composition.
So much quality knowledge in this video!! Very good
Very useful tips. Thank you.
great video Mads!! just what i've been looking for recently......learning sooo much from you and others like you. Have you done a video with your "customed/shortcut menu" and what you use the most for shortcuts on your camera??? not sure where to start on that one. Thanks again!
Good stuff! I cant wait to go back out again and shoot today im going to be sure to catch up on all the videos!
Lots of good tips, many are no brainers, but always good to review them now and again to keep oneself on one’s game...
Wish I came across this a week ago. Always learn so much from your vids, Mads
Great tips Mads thank you
Thank you very much for these tips! I am sure, it will improve my photography a lot! 👍
Well done. what a great video. You explained so many things especially about f/stops being a fraction. I have the Sony a7riii also, and I can't wait to try silent shooting. I never thought about that to minimize any mechanical shake. Thanks.
Good practicable advice there Mads and picked up a couple of new tips myself. Hope you have a good week ahead 👍🏼
Thanks a lot, Jim! Happy you can use some of the advice :)
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks.
Excelente tutorial, gracias
Great tips as well. I also agree on not hanging a bag on the tripod - I always thought it would swing too.
Well done video. I picked up a few tips even though I've shooting for several years now.
So good, Mads- I watched this twice!
thank you. I love watching your videos. You are a good and cheerful person. One positive from you.
Well explained, thanks so much.
Brilliant explanation. Thanks.
i also know alout of what you said, but you have such a wonderful clear way to teach and explain the things , that it is delicious to hear to you. wonderful. i will look for your books. !thanks
A great vlog Mads full of invaluable tips thank you!
You're very welcome, Carl! Happy you liked it :)
Super helpful, I wasn’t aware the diffraction issue started so far from the smallest aperture.
Awesome video!
Thank you Mads, for the excellent content. Being a (hobby) A7R III-shooter myself, I find your videos extremely interesting.
Just started off with Tamrons excellent 28-75/2.8, which is kind of challenging though with regards to keeping the entire frame in focus.
Best regards from Stockholm!
Thanks a lot for these useful tips. Much appreciated...
Thanx alooot.. soooo useful tips..subscribed 😎
Thanks, Mads. Solid advice as always.
This is a great video, you're an excellent teacher. cheers.
A Great in-depth video for Sony shooters and using the camera...although much of this applies to other cameras...thank u
Very helpful.. Thank u...
Excellent video as always, Mads! I've found tripod spikes to be useful on soft ground in windy conditions or to push the tripod down into the ground to prevent further sinking. Cheers from USA 🤘
An excellent tutorial with serious informative ideas that I will be practicing from tomorrow. Thank you very much. Subscribed & saved. I do the exact same breathing as yourself and I hold my camera exactly as yourself. ( Military trained as well).
I do take advantage of my breathing also and, like you, I learn it in my compulsory military training. You do well to say it because in some countries like mine there is no more compulsory military training.
Yeah, I only had four months and it's like 14 years ago, but I did learn a trick or two I use in my everyday life :)
Thank you, I really appreciated this 👍
Great video Mads and I have a couple of comments. I have used a heavy camera bag suspended under the tripod and would say that the bag must also be sitting firmly on the ground. I also have detachable screw in 90mm spikes which really dig in to the soil making it rock solid. Making sure all adjustment knobs are really tight helps too. With a big zoom 5 second delay is often not enough to stabilize the image...just watch the image in live view. A detachable camera strap is also a must. I use an Op/Tech USA strap. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and images. Have a great day.
Wow, seems like a big setup! :)
Thanks a lot for your info
Thanks for your tips, even if the basics are known, it is nice to think about them again from time to time
Very useful an practical video. I will be sharing it with my photo club….thanks!
You are very welcome, Wayne :)
perfectly presented as per usual my friend .. well explained and good real world examples.. I wish I had this back in the day and maybe even now also :-)
Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. What advice do you have if I am shooting with a crop sensor a6400 body and a sony/canon adapter with a full frame canon lens?
Superb video with some great content. I learnt a few things that I need to try. Thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome, Mark! Happy you enjoyed it :)
Even though I know everything you say in the video, I still watch it because of you
Haha! I appreciate it Henrik :)
Bravo !!!!! The first person on CZcams that knows about f/stops Bravo !!!!!! New Sub....
nice tip about the backpack hang, I always thought that was the best way to go about it. I even take it off my back just for it at times, as I use the peak design clip so don't need to take off the backpack most of the time.
You're welcome, you can always put it on the ground or connect the straps or something, it might make the setup a bit more stable.
As always simple and clear mixed with high level learning method , this what all the photographers should do i think , teaching others and not hiding any information or as we say in arabic world ,a fisher man would never tell you the truth or where his best place for fishing , but you really do , thanks a lot Mads , by the way the last composition in your video is really amazing , You are the BOSS OF COMPOSITION , i think i would be one day in one of your workshops inshallah , all the best mate and thanks for the efforts and all the videos
Thanks a lot for the kind words, Eissa. Well, I can't speak for other photographers but I can understand when people want to keep business secrets to themselves ;)
Just stumble upon this video from two years ago. Great suggestions! One tip of my own, I use the Canon app on my phone a lot which gives me the benefit to control the camera without touching it. I find it very useful when I shoot multiple exposures brackets manually (As oppose to in-camera bracketing). I can change the shutter speed on my phone without touching the camera.
As I stated in previous messages Mads I’m primarily a fixed lens user. I’m glad you’ve finally stated that fixed lens are sharper than equal focal lengths on a zooms.
It's a rule of thumb, but what sharpness you win is rarely something I would prioritize over the flexibility of a zoom lens ;)
I did learn something in this video. Many of your videos teach me something new. Where can I go to see what lens works best w/ a camera. It went by too fast in the video. Thank your so much.
I agree about not hanging the camera bag from the hook. That creates more issues than it solves. Vanguard makes a "stone bag" that attaches to the three legs with velcro near the top that you can add weight to stabilize the tripod. It also makes a great spot to temporarily hold filters, wipes, etc. Really handy and only about $12 here in the US. It also simply collapses when not in use so you can leave it in place most of the time. I rarely use a center column so I'm not sure if it would work well if you use one. I think it hangs low enough but I'm just not sure.
Great great video
Amazing video, really likeds it, will recommend it further.
One thing i discovered with my sony a7iv is, that its so razorsharp, that i rather go with an f14-f16 value to accomodate wideangle shots that have to incorporate multiple components that are widely spread, because if i reduce it below f14, then on the edges you will see unsharpness on some objects, and i want to maximize the sharpness throughout the pictures with a higher f16, also i like the smothing, as it can help with higher isos and i can correct the rest of the noise with DxO
also, to get a better grip and a much better handling that also reduces shaking, i highly recommend a Amazon Basics - Camera hand strap, because this camcorda strap thightly strapped around my hand will keep it very very steadily in my one hand and i can even do onehanded shots sharply.
Great video thank you. Not focus related, and hope you don't mind two random questions . . . What were the two lenses on the camera (one black, one white)? Also, why do you use the smallrig bracket? Thanks! Just found your page and look forward to working my way through your videos.
Thanks Mads, I have used F22 once withe good effects. My old tripod is heavy and old like me, it’s rock solid, but a pain the lug about.
Love all your videos mate! When hanging a bag from the tripod, let it touch the ground or put a rock or something for it to sit on that way it won’t sway as easily 👍
Very true, even connect the straps around the tripod. But generally I haven't really found a reason to use that trick.
Mads Peter Iversen lol I haven’t used it either I think I saw it on CZcams somewhere 🙂
Great video
Hi there... Nice video! I was trying to check the lite version of your ebook but bitly blocked the link because being potentially harmful. Thanks !!!
great video, thank you very much, do you have a tip for the big sony fe 200-600 lens, when i have mounted it on my tripod, it really swings anlong time before it gets completely stable, i have a light carbon tripod but also a heavy aluminium tripod, and it happens on both of them, for me the current workaround is to make the setup of the shot, and then wait about 20 seconds and then make the shot via the app on my smartphone, because even the 10seconds timer delay is often not sufficient enough. if the lighting conditions allows it, i much prefer to shoot handheld with this lense, despite the weight :D but i will try with the push-down like you suggested the next time for sure!
Great video. The tip at 08:04 is a life saver! Literally !
The piece that resonated most for me is that photography is about problem solving, not math. Trial, error, learn from your mistake, try again.
Oh, what set of instructions!
When hand holding also keeping your elbows against your body helps stabilize.
Absolutely right :)
Hi Peter.
About the ground for the tripode, I have found that the worst is concret. The tripod never stops vibrating and moving if windy. I saw a photographer, time ago, that put sandbags at the end of the legs against the concret. Never try that myself, but thinking on that now, maybe was a good idea if you know that is not another alternative but concrete ground.
Mads, on the beginning congratulations for the book. Honestly I never bothered getting the first one but now I that I have read no 2 I believe I will give it a try. Regarding the video, can you pls tell me AF-on button as to what have you mapped into? Or it is the original as it came? Sorry, but I have altered so many times the buttons and now I got lost 🤔
It's for focus, and thanks a lot in regard to the eBook! :)
Great video. Simple easy to follow instruction.
Those 8 dislikers must be hard to please.
My guess is some of them are bots, but there are also just haters out there...
Mads, I’m interested in looking at the “second” link of your Composition 2 eBook but that link seems to be broken. Can you tell me if that was a duplicate and there is no second version of your Composition 2 eBook?
I want to see the B-roll of you going up the tree at the end :D
If you had a choice between the Sony 100-400 GM or 70-200 GM mark ii which would you choose (for landscape). Say you do have the option of using the available Sony teleconverters
Hi can you go through how to set up camera for this focus technique? I have it set back button focus release only but when I zoom in and focus soon as I try to focus either way the zoom gos back to full screen . I am quite new to photography .
You can check out my focus video from last week :) maybe you can find a tip there :)
@@MadsPeterIversen Hi Peter I had the AF in focus mag setting Off . sorted now My sony a7iii mag only goes to 5.9
good advices - tak Mads
f is a fraction. Therefore, it undirectly measure the apperture for a fixed focus length. The apperture of f/4 is higher for a 400mm than f/2.8 for a 10mm. For a zoom len it means even keeping the apperture the f varies when one change the focus length. That is why some lens has different max appertures aaccording to the focus length used. Lens with constant f have variable maximum appertures in order to produce constant f. Difraction is a reason why it is so good to use some Macro lenses which reach f around 1/30. One could used them with f/22 with much less difraction. One doubt is if you refocused at the apperture test because with f/7.1 you already got soft images
Such simple reminders but what great results from remembering to use these techniques. Thank you.
14.42. I like the framing
You listened to us. I gave the vote for that 2nd thumbnail on Insta.
Excellent, comprehensive video as usual. I just couldn’t get past “photography is not math” being contrasted with “photography is problem-solving”. That’s exactly what (real) math is!
Now I am curious how you define "real" math? :D
@@MadsPeterIversen "What mathematicians do." They solve problems :) We can contrast it with what most people normally think of as math, which is the sad version they encountered in the clipped shadows of grade school :( They really need better exposure.
Thnx for the extra mountain breathing tip
Mads up a tree! LOL from that surprise. 🤣
I learned the breathing technique from metal gear solid 😊 and as you said it helps big time!