More Cactus Flowers

[merlin]

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[milandro]

nice, can I ask why the top left side of your last picture is very sharp  while the top right side isn’t? Seems odd. They are at the same distance.

Edited June 12, 2017 by milandro

[merlin]

I do not know, but the photograph has been cropped a bit.

[milandro]

still the distance of the right side appears to be the same and unless you had you camera really at an angle and this is a very small crop this is not what I would expect.

[merlin]

IIRC, due to other cacti present I was unable to get exactly above the plant and flowers.  So perhaps the camera was at an angle, which might account for the difference in distance between upper left and upper right?

 

BTW, the same camera and macro setting was used for all these photographs.

[milandro]

Indeed but also the first one shows the right side being less sharp than the left at a distance that is similar on the two sides.

[merlin]

Yes, I can see what you are saying.  Perhaps the lens is misaligned?

[milandro]

You should try to point to a brick wall AND to the pavement with a geometric pattern,  both ways absolutely orthogonally and see if there is any misalignment can be nothing but it could be something. See at many apertures. 

 

I see it is an X30 so the lens is built in.

Edited June 12, 2017 by milandro

[merlin]

After viewing a few more photographs from yesterday, it definitely appears that there is some misalignment.  Although it is relatively minor, I will have to contact Fuji tech support about this. 

 

Thanks very much for your help!

Edited June 12, 2017 by merlin

[milandro]

Cheers, I hope it is nothing! Good luck!