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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Very late to this party but may as well put my 2c in.
I pixel peep my own images while processing up to 3-400%. Mostly this is to inspect noise levels and to reveal obvious processing and stacking artefacts around stars (including elongation) and then to evaluate remediation steps. Star quality can make or break an image, even when viewed native resolution! Fine detail in galaxy shots also warrants close inspection just in case I have gone too far. This is especially true when using decon or other sharpening tools.
I do tend to do some peeping at other people's images, but only the ones that look first rate on initial inspection. This is more out of curiosity and comparison, so I rarely comment on my observations.
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The interesting observation here Marcus is the capability of the observer to detect issues at native resolution which possibly don't become obvious until zooming in to around the 300% mark. The implication is that the average human eye can detect very fine grained detail at native resolution such that underlying technical issues will become apparent, even though it is not obvious as to what they may be. It is that feeling when looking at an image and thinking that something is not quite right and then zooming in and spotting the problem. Or maybe we just spend too much time staring at screens
