I can't tell if this is sharp...

I took this shot of a really cool girl from holland. I was using my 5D and my 70-200 f2.8.
It's taken at f4.0 1/320 ISO400 straight out of the camera with no PP.
So what I want to know is... Is this photo sharp?
Does the 100% crop look right? Is that how sharp it's supposed to be?
I don't know whether it's a lack of confidence or whether this shot is actually blurry

If that is an unprocessed shot then I think it is sharp. A little USM and you will be set.

Definitely sharp for no post processing. Do a little USM as stated above and you'll be set.

thanks guys... here it is again with a little USM

REIGN180 wrote in post #3092990
thanks guys... here it is again with a little USM


and here's the sharpened 100% crop

Sharpening for me is by far the hardest part of PP , do these look alright?
Too much? Not enough?

Thanks again,
Simon

Looks good to me.

stop pixel peeping and go out and shoot more.

ok, ok, I'm going

How sharp did you expect it to be for an unprocessed image? You should be happy.

That's the thing... I didn't know what I SHOULD expect. I suppose I'm pretty happy, there's more than enough useable images from the shoot.

Sharp enough she'll want you to fix her blemishes!

Sharp image, sharp lady, but she doesn't look real happy with you.

just curious why a unprocessed image should not be as sharp as a processed image, except in the case of when you have applied usm. But that strikes me as saying that sharpness can't be achieved without pp or usm, is this correct? and if it is, goddamn digi really does suck in some aspects.
Also i did have some real problems getting dusk shots of the prague castle looking sharp, seemed extraordinarily hard to focus through the viewfinder or is the above applicable in this case? or am i just a crap focuser lol
crackennz

[QUOTE=crackennz;31005​36]But that strikes me as saying that sharpness can't be achieved without pp or usm, is this correct?/QUOTE]

Yes. There is an Anti Alias filter in front of the sensor. It's a trade off: You can get sharper images out of the camera, but then you have the risk of moiré...
Like in this article: Click
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thanks rene,
think i prefer the ol' anti alias thingy in there to being a lobster

As a 100% crop, it seems OK to me.

For a shot like that, I might only sharpen the eyes & let the rest stay as it came out of the camera. Sometimes I'd soften the details in her face, too.