Originally posted by JMR These shots look crisp to me. I particularly liek the realistic and natural tone of the volleyball players. I sometimes wonder what people do to images before postings, as some images clearly look extra bright and sharp, and I have yet to produce such results out of the camera without PP at any aperture. I mainly use the 16-45. I seldom sharpen as the bokeh becomes corrupted and loses its magic.
JMR
Edit: I should have added first JMR that I don't really undersatnd this statement. You post fairly often and the images you do look very good to me.
All of the photos have had a little color correction in PP although most were not necessary. As I said, the first three are at 200mm F2.8 the rest are not. I usually do sharpen when I downsize photos for the web. Turning a photo into a 800x600 really has an effect. I shoot Raw+ ( don't ask me why) and the jpeg ( around 3mp) straight from the camera look excellent. I think the camera does a better job of processing than I do a lot of the time.
The first three have full resolution on my Flickr site in signature. They surely are not tac sharp but at focus area I will not complain.
I am still a not sure about the HSM. It does seem to focus fairly quick and quiet but my 100-300 with no HSM is just as fast I think or close to it.
Overall, I am very impressed with the lens. I do account for user error especialy since this was my first go with it. As I say in my siganture "Alway with a grain of salt". I have been shooting for only around 1 1/2 years so I hate coming off like I know anything.