I've Got a Theory...

Last night was the last night of the deployment.  Today, is the final day of config.  Currently 71 hours since Sunday.  We got a LOT done.  Yes, there is stuff to follow up on, but this was a complex project involving multiple software systems, more PCs (about 900) than I realized we had and about 20 people to pull it off with only six IT guys and me to pull it off on our side and the vendor making up the rest of the team.

Learned a lot about Powershell for myself.  I'll need to expand that knowledge more.  I find it entertaining that 'ls', 'rm' and 'cp' work.  This must be because of all the *nix guys who mistakenly type that at CMD.  Either that or MS is planning on making their OS even more *nixy.  I still prefer a Linux or Mac OS X Bash shell to Powershell, but at least it's an improvement over CMD and has a lot more potential.

1. Shoot at f-stops higher than 11 and as high as 22

2. Use a tripod

3. Clean the lens and make sure it stays clean

4. Make sure the subject is well lit if it's a still image (that could mean flash)

5. Use the lowest ISO I can

What I noticed the other day when shooting some video with the T2i and Magic Lantern (ML), is that when I use MLs "magic zoom" feature to zoom in on a subject for checking focus, is that I can't get a sharp focus no matter what I do.  The sharpest point in the image is still fuzzy.  Now this is with the kit lens 18-55mm zoom.  I haven't compared the fixed 14mm I have.

Considering that I couldn't afford to buy lenses much over $400 before, and now that's out of the question for a while until I recover from the recent auto purchase, is there anything else I should try in order to get sharp images?  Sure I could load the image into an editor and use filters to get it looking sharper.  But I want true sharpness at the source.  Tell me that it doesn't cost thousands of dollars to do that...