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Am I asking too much of my old a5000? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by GrizzlyFoxCat@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I love my old sony a5000. But as I get my toes wetter with techniques and tutorials and editing, I often think it is not so great anyome.

Please see this: https://imgur.com/a/XPLLBmx This is the RAW file open in RawTherapee, with no processing applied beyond the camera specific distortion corrections.

It was a sunny day. I have my ISO set to auto. The picture is not blurry because of long exposure or anything, but it's simply not clear and sharp. Granted, that's a lot of zooming on the software editor, but shouldn't it be sharper?

What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be appreciated!

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[–] TiMouton@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely a combination of lens, slow shutter speed and trying to crop a lot on a crop sensor. Definitely doesn’t have anything to do with the age of the camera. I’m still shooting on a 5DMk2 which is like 6 years older than the a5000 and those old cameras put out very sharp images. Iso 400 shouldn’t contribute much to the noise. I often have to use iso1600 and it’s not too bad.