Blurry Images in new Photos App

I have noticed a problem with the new Photos app and I am uncertain whether it is unique to my system (iMac 2013 21inch).  Photos taken in a portrait orientation do not display sharp on the screen.  They look a little blurry as if the software hasn't properly rendered the image for preview.  If you zoom in to part of the photo and then zoom out again the issue corrects itself and the image is displayed sharp.
Has anyone else had this problem and have they fixed it?

Hi, i'm struggling to find a way of merging albums in the new photos app does anyone know how to do this?
Make the sidebar visible.  View > Show Sidebar ⌥⌘S
Select one of the albums and all photos in it.
Drag the selected photos to the other album in the sidebar to merge the photos into it. Then delete the now empty original album.You can delete an album by selecting it in the Sidebar, ctrl-clicking it, then use "Delete album" from the contextual menu.

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