Do you pixel peep?

[imagemaker46]

Pixel Peep, never heard that expression before. If it means do I look at my images to see if they are sharp or deletes, then yes.

 

[Forkie]

Just how much zooming in does pixel peeping involve? Some of you said you'd check the sharpness at 100%, but it sounds like some of you are zooming closer.

If checking at 100% is peeping, then I guess I do that sometimes, depending on the picture and what I intend to do with that picture. If it means zooming in super close, then no, never. Only if I'm cloning a particularly tricky dust spot off my scan.

I wouldn't zoom in any further than 100% - that would seem counter-productive. That way you'd probably end up over sharpening in post which is almost just as bad.

 

[dennybeall]

Depends on the photo and what I'm thinking to do with it. Mostly only in-camera though so I can see if the shot needs to be retaken.
Once the shots are on the computer sharpness is not always the issue.

 

[tirediron]

I'll zoom in to 100 - 125% to check sharpness, but often when I'm doing skin retouching, or other detail work, I'll be at 3 - 400%. I did it in the darkroom, why would I not do it on the computer?

 

[Buckster]

Rarely beyond 100%, unless I'm doing some particularly tricky masking of something really small or fine, or something like that. There are times I'll fill the screen with an eye to work up close with the iris, for instance, but I never want to be zoomed in enough to see individual pixels, in any case. If the details I need to be sharp look sharp enough at 100% for the size prints I need, that's good enough for me.

 

[photoguy99]

'Pixel peep' in colloquial usage means to zoom in very close more or less to admire the pixels. There is a connotation of pointlessness.

Zooming in very far for a specific reason is different.

 

[Vtec44]

For my regular work, sharpness isn't everything in my photos. I quickly do an on camera focus check to verify that it is indeed where I wanted to focus then I'm done.

 

[runnah]

Pixel Peep, never heard that expression before. If it means do I look at my images to see if they are sharp or deletes, then yes.

Yeah this

'Pixel peep' in colloquial usage means to zoom in very close more or less to admire the pixels. There is a connotation of pointlessness.

Zooming in very far for a specific reason is different.

Yeah this.

It's also refers to people who just nitpick every image looking for issues that don't exist with either the body or the lens.

 

[ByronBrant]

Does a bear shyt in the woods? Heck yes I peep! Its the quickest way to see if I got the fundamentals right. Keeps me on my toes.

 

[JTPhotography]

Always, mostly for focus, but depends on the shot. For a shallow DOF wildlife shot or portraits, I peep the eyes. For a wide landscape, I look at the main subject, especially close foreground objects, as well as the horizon to see if my attempts to use aperture, a tripod, and my knowledge of hyperfocal distance paid off. I also peep the hell out of astrophotos, you have to check for star sharpness, movement, coma, etc.

 

[fotomonkey]

I did...until the restraining order.

 

[snerd]

I also chimp. But that's to be expected.

 

[Eventer]

Yes almost always - I shoot equestrian sports so its very fast shooting. When I have a break between horses i flick through the last few and zoom right in. I tend not to delete the seemingly average ones though (apart from I don't have time mostly) because I find photos look ALOT better on the computer than on the little screen on the back of my camera

 

[cynicaster]

Not as much as I used to.

When taking portraits and "staged" shots, before moving on to the next pose or set up, I always do a quick zoom-and-peep on the camera LCD to make sure there are no obvious focus errors or softness issues that would warrant a re-take.

If I have multiple shots of the same basic scene/pose that are very similar, and I want to decide on one keeper, I might peep a bit just as a tie-breaker.

In general, if my knee-jerk reaction is positive when seeing a picture on the computer screen, then I don't peep to look for reasons to not like the image, because that strikes me as kind of counterproductive. Maybe makes sense for a pro selling his/her work, but not for me as a hobbyist.

 

[SoulfulRecover]

Ill zoom in to check focus or really far in to do some cleaning up. I don't ever nit pick other peoples work like that though. If it looks good at the size Im viewing, then I am happy with it.