People keep bringing this up. Can someone define the term for me?
domat Senior Member 485 posts Likes: 14 Joined Jun 2010 Location: New York More info | Jul 24, 2010 12:15 | #1 People keep bringing this up. Can someone define the term for me?
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cfibanez Senior Member  859 posts Likes: 2 Joined Aug 2008 Location: Stockholm, Sweden More info | Jul 24, 2010 13:23 | #2 You magnify the images in your computer until pixels are as big as your thumb. Then you are pixel peeping. 5D4 | 7D2 | 11-24/4.0 L | 16-35/2.8 L III | 24/1.4 L II | 24-105/4.0 L IS | 40/2.8 STM | 85/1.2 L II | 100/2.8 L macro IS | 70-200/2.8 L IS II | 100-400 L IS II | 400/4.0 DO L II | 580EXII | EF 1.4x III | Gitzo monopod GM2541 | Gitzo tripod GT2541 | Really Right Stuff ball head & plates | B+W & Singh-Ray filters
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Viva-photography Goldmember  1,447 posts Likes: 2 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Washington, DC More info | Jul 24, 2010 13:39 | #3 People often do this with with new cameras and lenses to try to convince themselves that spending all the money was worth it.  or like this(like a pixel peeper): 
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Jul 24, 2010 13:56 | #4 cfibanez wrote in post #10595524  You magnify the images in your computer until pixels are as big as your thumb. Then you are pixel peeping.  And then obsessing over every bit of noise or "softness", asking if there's something wrong with your sensor or if you got a bad copy of an L lens, all while overlooking the fact that even a poster sized print will still look awesome.
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TravisForsyth Member  248 posts Joined Sep 2009 Location: Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada More info | Viewing your photos at 100% or greater trying to find the most minute flaws produced by your equipment or by your own doing. Voigtlander Bessa R3M
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DickEmery Senior Member  695 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2008 More info | Jul 24, 2010 20:37 | #6 It's only useful if you are a heavy cropper. But then you really should be working on your composition, using the right lens for the job or getting closer if you can. Not always possible of course and sometimes you have to crop and that's when you start pixel peeing and noticing the limitations of your sensor/lens combination. Canon 450D/XSi (Retired), Canon 70D, Canon 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 STM, Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 EF-S IS, Canon 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 EF-S IS, Canon 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 EF II, Sigma 30mm F1.4, 430EX Mk I, Canon Powershot S2 IS, Canon Powershot S90 IS, Sigma 1.6x closeup lens.
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windpig Chopped liver  More info | Jul 24, 2010 20:41 | #7 Travis Forsyth wrote in post #10595937 Viewing your photos at 100% or greater trying to find the most minute flaws produced by your equipment or by your own doing. After a while you get over it or you go mad and foam at the mouth. The cure for it like most other things is whiskey and lots of it. This one, except the booze is wrong. Would you like to buy a vowel?
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philwillmedia Cream of the Crop 5,253 posts Gallery: 2 photos Likes: 25 Joined Nov 2008 Location: "...just south of the 23rd Paralell..." More info | Jul 25, 2010 00:10 | #8 windpig wrote in post #10597207 This one, except the booze is wrong. Yeah, the whisky just makes it look a whole lot fuzzier Regards, Phil
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Jul 25, 2010 06:48 | #9 Travis Forsyth wrote in post #10595937 The cure for it like most other things is whiskey and lots of it. Or, even better, whisky Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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yogestee "my posts can be a little colourful"  More info | Pixel peeping is like trying to critique the Mona Lisa by only viewing 10 square millimeters of the entire artwork.. Jurgen
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P.  More info | Jul 25, 2010 22:39 | #11 There's a bright side. Pixel Peeping gets you a lifetime free membership in Measurebaters Unanimous! FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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