Is it me or my camera?
Aug 27, 2013 02:24:08 #
drcjc wrote:
OOps,, I posted the wrong photo - here is the comparison! :cry:
Put the Rebel setting to f4 also.
Aug 27, 2013 08:08:58 #
drcjc wrote:
Canon has IS too. I did this on the fence with a remote, so it shouldn't be a shaking problem.
Turn off IS, it's designed to work when handheld. When placing the camera on a tripod (or in your case fence) the IS can actually introduce softness.
Aug 27, 2013 10:57:14 #
Canon 599x467
Lumix 1036x704
I'm guessing there's a lot of compression going on in the Canon. looks like the JPG is set to one of the very low quality settings. Bump that up to highest and do another test.
Lumix 1036x704
I'm guessing there's a lot of compression going on in the Canon. looks like the JPG is set to one of the very low quality settings. Bump that up to highest and do another test.
Aug 28, 2013 10:57:12 #
In my opinion several of the responders are too quick to blame "cheap equipment". This photo was taken back four years with a Canon Rebel XT, 8 megapixels on a gloomy day. Kylemore Abbey in Ireland. Kit lens, 18-55, the older version without IS.
Learn to use what you have, While $2000 lenses are surely better, you can do very well with the less expensive stuff.
I've moved on to newer and better equipment and lenses, but no Canon L lenses fit my budget.
Does the initial poster understand that cropping throws pixels away? "cropped to make the image sizes close to the same" might mean some heavy cropping.
Learn to use what you have, While $2000 lenses are surely better, you can do very well with the less expensive stuff.
I've moved on to newer and better equipment and lenses, but no Canon L lenses fit my budget.
Does the initial poster understand that cropping throws pixels away? "cropped to make the image sizes close to the same" might mean some heavy cropping.
Aug 28, 2013 11:00:31 #
Aug 28, 2013 16:54:03 #
Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
ronwande wrote:
In my opinion several of the responders are too quick to blame "cheap equipment". This photo was taken back four years with a Canon Rebel XT, 8 megapixels on a gloomy day. Kylemore Abbey in Ireland. Kit lens, 18-55, the older version without IS.
Learn to use what you have, While $2000 lenses are surely better, you can do very well with the less expensive stuff.
I've moved on to newer and better equipment and lenses, but no Canon L lenses fit my budget.....
Learn to use what you have, While $2000 lenses are surely better, you can do very well with the less expensive stuff.
I've moved on to newer and better equipment and lenses, but no Canon L lenses fit my budget.....
I agree. A $2000 lens is better than a $500 lens but not four times better. Pouring more money into more expensive equipment is not the answer. You reach a point of diminishing returns. master using what you have is good advice. Looking for alternative ways to work around problems is also an alternative. For example, if you cant get close enough to photograph a bird with your 55-250 mm lens, buy build or improvise a blind to you can hide from the birds.
Aug 28, 2013 17:05:27 #
drcjc wrote:
I have two cameras, a panasonic lumix Zf5 and a re... (show quote)
You might try Helicon Filter 5
Sep 2, 2013 13:22:30 #
drcjc wrote:
I have two cameras, a panasonic lumix Zf5 and a re... (show quote)
google youtube tutorials for your canon "t2i" this will help you understand all the settings in your camera. good luck. rick
Sep 2, 2013 17:39:37 #
I have to thank everyone for all the suggestions. I have to master the learning curve. I see that part of my problem is DOF, so I have been working on small objects to see if I can get them clear in daylight. Here is a spider in a brandy snifter from today's walk around the back yard. And the same guy in his web.
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Sep 3, 2013 01:25:02 #
Kelton
Loc: Newcastle NSW
Speaking only from personal experience when I stepped up from a P&S to a Rebel, I found my pics with the 55-250mm kit lens sharpened up when I raised the ISO to 400. Might have offset my 'old-fart' shakes! Lol
Sep 3, 2013 15:08:45 #
Sep 26, 2013 18:50:30 #
drcjc wrote:
Will try that too! I am surely old as you!
To everyone who gave me advice, a big thankyou! I took my kit lens to Tilden park and tried most of the suggestions above! I think I am improving and surely had a lot of fun!
Any more suggestions always welcome!
55-250 Zoom- The poor bird couldn't swallow the fish - I guess it was too big!
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