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Okay I see I have applied too much sharpening in DPP in post.

NOTE : I don't know if the white background in my screen shot post #87 should be pure white or speckled as I see it here in this post.

The test chart file for iso3200 at 1/2500 at 200% in Canon DPP . . . looks good !

I have looked at the link you posted for your files and I see great loss of detail in the 1/500s @ 6400. iso 100 looks great though (Crops below are at 200% in Canon DPP).

A YouTube videographer commented use IBIS for wider angle lenses and the lens IS for telephoto lenses. Last week I was shooting with a 300mm f2.8 IS at f2.8 at 1/60s with just IS no problems at all. Search for this on YouTube and go to 08m 47s. Do You Need Image Stabilization? | Ask David Bergman

Methinks : It is only a lot if you take a lot of photos, so lets say the camera has 249,000 actuations remaining. If from now you take 249,000 photos a year with it (300,000-51,000=249,000) the camera will only last you a year . . . If from now you take 12,000 photos a year with it the camera...

I have the ART EF 40mm f1.4 . . . full weather sealing and AF/Manual focus and verrry sharp with smoooth bokeh. A big 'ol thing. Glad I bought it (new from Jessops).

Posted elsewhere : While taking a lovely photo today I was attacked . . . Reward offered for the identity of the culprit in the photo below . . . It's a bit blurred so identifying the attacker could prove problematic but it appears an Orange hoodie was worn. Reward offered lol ...

While taking a lovely photo today I was attacked . . . Reward offered for the identity of the culprit in the photo below . . . It's a bit blurred so identifying the attacker could prove problematic but it appears an Orange hoodie was worn. Reward offered lol ! IMG_20240610_132041_896 by...

Just to chip in here . . . I never had any issues with a split link on my Husqvarna 420cc enduro.

My last photo of the day today . . . Peeking in on people sitting in a tree? - surely it can't be! - Canon 7D & Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS USM ii @ f2.8 handheld 1/250s iso 100 a tad sharpened. DPP usm in a tree lol _ PSM_7807 by Stephen_Photographs02, on Flickr

Editing RAW is nothing to be wary of, it's just a bit of this and a bit of that to tweak the photo into something you might like better than was taken with just Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC) settings with no tweaking. For editing .Jpeg look at the free software Gimp, and Paint can be useful too.

And almost finally for today . . . 'Tight Squeeze' . . . Shot through the windscreen - I was in a tiny pull in gap much further back because I just knew something was going to happen . . . Brightened a tad van squeeze _PSM_7774 by Stephen_Photographs02, on Flickr

The duck above legged it but I got him/her (how do you tell the difference in the wild?) - Canon 7D & Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS USM ii @ f2.8 handheld 1/320s iso 100 SOOC. PSM_7760 by Stephen_Photographs02, on Flickr

A duck, in a pond, floating, a lot . . . Canon 7D & Canon 300mm f2.8 L IS USM ii @ f2.8 handheld 1/250s iso 200 SOOC. DPP MOD duck _ PSM_7743 by Stephen_Photographs02, on Flickr And the aforementioned duck sharpened a tad . . . GIMP MOD a tad duck _ PSM_7743 by Stephen_Photographs02, on...