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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Macswede" data-source="post: 1789760" data-attributes="member: 26891"><p>I went through a period of stopping down to f7 or f8 to increase sharpness but stopped doing it as I couldn't see it made any noticeable difference. And sometimes there was a high price to pay in terms of shutter speed. Nowadays I stop down when I want to to increase the depth of field but am otherwise happy to leave the lens wide open. Not sure if this means I have a good example or a bad one. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>