Nickc84 wrote in post #11435395
I figure I would ask this question since I will be getting prints made for my first two weddings this spring. I have a great copy of the Canon 50mm 1.8 II and its pretty close in sharpness compared to my new Canon 85mm 1.8...I went to a store and made instant prints on the Kodak machine and I noticed the 85mm lens shots were amazing but the 50mm shots were blurry. Both images look great on my LCD screen though. Are some lenses just more suitable for prints? BTW I am getting my wedding pictures printed professionally but this recent discovery has me a little puzzled. I am a noob when it comes to prints. Thanks
So, what was your print size, and how did you view these on your computer. and what exactly do you mean by "blurry"? The larger the print, the more good sharp detail will matter, so if you were just viewing at a small size on your monitor you won't necessarily see the same as, say, an 8x10 print. But if you were viewing at a decent size and the two looked good, the question would be why did they look different in print? Was it sharpness, or maybe an overall lack of contrast that you just didn't catch in post processing?
On your computer, see if you can get the images to show the differences at a given viewing size. For example, you should be able to get a "50%" view of your images using DPP, Camera Raw, or Lightroom -- see if you can do that with both images and compare and spot the difference you were seeing.
If so, you could post a close crop here of the two and we could maybe give you helpful tips, but we'd have to be able to actually see the what you are talking about...
