cant get sharp shots (Page 4): Nice photo but your camera is set for "sport" and you have a great professional lens! Quit boasting!

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

Nice photo but your camera is set for "sport" and you have a great professional lens! Quit boasting!

Gene51 wrote:

That's nonsense for a stabilized lens. I just walked outside and took this image, hand held, using a D800 and a Sigma Sport 150-600mm at 600mm and 1/100 sec. If there is any softness it is because I had to use F18.

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

TriX wrote:

If you're close to Raleigh, I can recommend Southeastern Camera. There are al least two others in the Raleigh area, but Southeastern is the most comprehensive, with an excellent selection of both new and used equipment and professional advice.

I'm over 75 miles (maybe more) but if I get to Raleigh I will check it out for sure. Thanks for the info.

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

burkphoto wrote:

Google lists 14 stores in NC, with user ratings. Most are near Charlotte or Raleigh. I can't say I know enough about any to recommend them, one way or another. Camera Corner in Burlington used to be great, but I haven't been there since 1981.

Thanks for the info. If I'm ever in the Raleigh area I'll check it out. It can't be any worse than what was Wolf Camera in Huntersville.
That place was an un-funny joke.

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

WessoJPEG wrote:

100 is way to slow.

Way, way, waaay too slow, unless on a tripod.

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

WessoJPEG wrote:

100 is way to slow.

Back in my 82d days, Fayettville had a good camera store.

Kuzano

If you are your pic on posting, you look like a big strong healthy man.

You are NOT However, a tripod, and you are probably tripping the shutter by hand.

There is no possible way to help you with your question before you tell us you have tested various focal lengths with the lens mounted to a sturdy tripod, and the image stabilization off, tripped by a remote shutter or time delay on ten seconds.

I took the NYIP school of photography and the course chapter that improved my photography the most was the chapter on use of the tripod.

Neither high ISO, nor image stabilization has replace the tripod as the "sharp getting" tool in your kit.

Kuzano

cameranut wrote:

Thanks for the info. If I'm ever in the Raleigh area I'll check it out. It can't be any worse than what was Wolf Camera in Huntersville.
That place was an un-funny joke.

Wolf... the home of the Quantaray lens.

They bought bodies from Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Olympus and many others. They put their CRAP home brand Quantaray lens on all of their kits to save a buck. Rack a Quantaray from close to max zoom a handful of times and break it every time.

Their other co-partner in this was KIT Camera's.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

cameranut wrote:

Thanks for the info. If I'm ever in the Raleigh area I'll check it out. It can't be any worse than what was Wolf Camera in Huntersville.
That place was an un-funny joke.

Not what I would refer to as a real camera store...

mcraven

i went out and tried a few of the suggestions from you friends. higher shutter speed, mirror lockup, tripod. i even did a few handheld shots in manual mode with auto-iso on. there is a big difference in my shots..everyone of them was in focus exept one and thats because i was to close to the subject. one of these days i hope to not need any help but until then much is appreciated from you photo friends. much of the problem if not all is just human error....so far..

Tigger1 Loc: Surrey, BC Canada

mcraven wrote:

i went out and tried a few of the suggestions from you friends. higher shutter speed, mirror lockup, tripod. i even did a few handheld shots in manual mode with auto-iso on. there is a big difference in my shots..everyone of them was in focus exept one and thats because i was to close to the subject. one of these days i hope to not need any help but until then much is appreciated from you photo friends. much of the problem if not all is just human error....so far..

Good for you!
Keep practicing and experimenting!
Good luck.

Kuzano

mcraven wrote:

i went out and tried a few of the suggestions from you friends. higher shutter speed, mirror lockup, tripod. i even did a few handheld shots in manual mode with auto-iso on. there is a big difference in my shots..everyone of them was in focus exept one and thats because i was to close to the subject. one of these days i hope to not need any help but until then much is appreciated from you photo friends. much of the problem if not all is just human error....so far..

Yes, I started shooting in the Sixties, and I am getting close finally, thanks to a lot of input from other people and much research. I will say that the correspondence course I took from NYIP (New York Institute of Photography) in the 70's was one of the best moves I ever made (pre internet)... a 27 Chapter course. And they really should have started with the Tripod Module!!!

mcraven

big thanks..to all

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

ballsafire wrote:

Nice photo but your camera is set for "sport" and you have a great professional lens! Quit boasting!

Not sure what you mean by my camera being set for "sport" there is no such setting. And the Sigma Sport is not a professional lens. It is a good lens but not a pro lens. The photo is crap - just a quick illustration of what OS actually can do - has nothing to do with any skill or boasting. I am puzzled as to why you would say that.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

WessoJPEG wrote:

100 is too slow, that's it in a nut shell.

Ok, I'll bite. Please explain my result with a 600mm lens at the same shutter speed - without a tripod, monopod, bracing against a tree, etc. According to you 1/100 second would be way too slow - even worse, given the weight and narrow field of view. Sorry, if his OS is turned on, 1/100 should not be an issue at all.

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

Oh oh, I did something wrong again! By "sport" I meant you might be in shutter mode (you were not) - nothing important. Any lens can be a professional lens -- depends on the photographer but to be candid about your lens, I was impressed at the photo you downloaded--a good exposure for "fooling around". I was impressed with that exposure. Nevertheless, I think the members did help in solving the main issue presented in this thread and having been there,done that I truly suspected that the problem was user error. By the way, how much did you spend on this Sigma Sport lens? I don't want to "Yahoo!" it right now. And, finally, I see nothing wrong in "showing off" if you can back it up!

Gene51 wrote:

Not sure what you mean by my camera being set for "sport" there is no such setting. And the Sigma Sport is not a professional lens. It is a good lens but not a pro lens. The photo is crap - just a quick illustration of what OS actually can do - has nothing to do with any skill or boasting. I am puzzled as to why you would say that.