R5 help please
Nov 24, 2020 17:15:00 #
Ok, so I'm not totally new to photography and I can most of the time get things at least in focus...
Here I am with the new R5 all excited to take it out for the first real photo trip, get home and it appears I can not get anything in focus!
I have attached several examples, everything seems out of focus, I can not really find any area in focus. I have not done any post, just exported as JPEG to post.
With the in camera stabilization and a stabilized lens, I should be able to hand hold at shutter speeds of 1/50 and higher. It seemed I had to have an ISO of 160 and up. The last is particularly horrid!
I did have a polarizer on and these are hand held.
Where did I do wrong? You do have to download and zoom in some to see what I am referring to, it is all very soft to be polite, simply not in focus! Info on each photo is included as to help with the settings, sorry don't know how to get the blue search box off.
Here I am with the new R5 all excited to take it out for the first real photo trip, get home and it appears I can not get anything in focus!
I have attached several examples, everything seems out of focus, I can not really find any area in focus. I have not done any post, just exported as JPEG to post.
With the in camera stabilization and a stabilized lens, I should be able to hand hold at shutter speeds of 1/50 and higher. It seemed I had to have an ISO of 160 and up. The last is particularly horrid!
I did have a polarizer on and these are hand held.
Where did I do wrong? You do have to download and zoom in some to see what I am referring to, it is all very soft to be polite, simply not in focus! Info on each photo is included as to help with the settings, sorry don't know how to get the blue search box off.
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ISO 250, 1/160 F10, 24mm
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ISO 160, 1/160, F10, 24mm
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ISO 250,1/50, F22 42mm
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ISO 160, 1160.F10 24mm
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Nov 24, 2020 17:22:52 #
The first I opened says the JPEG attachment was created by LR. Please attach at least 1 of the examples as an original from the camera so we can see the EOS data, where Adobe strips the important information needed from the camera. If these were captured in RAW, download and install Canon's DPP and do a simple conversion from RAW to JPEG and attach the result.
Nov 24, 2020 17:26:30 #
I would suggest that you drop them into Canon's DPP software (free download - you just provide the camera serial number) and use the "view" option to show where the camera was focused. The first image shows pretty good focussing in the mid-ground. Is it possible that you were on "Manual" focusing mode and forgot? The other shots could be having motion blur issues. Again, you will have to look at whether you had the stabilization on or not. Those were potentially great shots, you should spend the evening with the user manual, this is a great camera! Stay well and keep on sharing.
Nov 24, 2020 17:51:36 #
I’ll wait to see the raw images, but as a start, the 3rd shot (at f22) is getting hurt by diffraction from the small aperture. I would suggest limiting yourself to f11. What is your sharpness setting in the menu?
Nov 24, 2020 18:10:41 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The first I opened says the JPEG attachment was created by LR. Please attach at least 1 of the examples as an original from the camera so we can see the EOS data, where Adobe strips the important information needed from the camera. If these were captured in RAW, download and install Canon's DPP and do a simple conversion from RAW to JPEG and attach the result.
Ok, I think I did what you needed. I downloaded the program and just exported as a JPEG.
Nov 24, 2020 18:46:35 #
I only looked the arch example. Although the software reports being created by DPP, the EOS data doesn't seem to display. I updated my DPP software, where maybe the issue is my computer.
What I notice is the DPP conversion is much more detailed for the distant rocks through the arch. When I look at the sharpening and NR settings in the LR version, I note these have been left at the Adobe defaults for a RAW import. Please review both links and perform some edits within LR to assure the details are sharpened and the noise reduction (NR) is customized to the camera and ISO setting of the camera.
Basics of noise processing
Basics of Lightroom Sharpening
In the 'convert and save' command within DDP, there's a dropdown box for shooting info. Assure the resulting JPEG includes 'all shooting info'.
What I notice is the DPP conversion is much more detailed for the distant rocks through the arch. When I look at the sharpening and NR settings in the LR version, I note these have been left at the Adobe defaults for a RAW import. Please review both links and perform some edits within LR to assure the details are sharpened and the noise reduction (NR) is customized to the camera and ISO setting of the camera.
Basics of noise processing
Basics of Lightroom Sharpening
In the 'convert and save' command within DDP, there's a dropdown box for shooting info. Assure the resulting JPEG includes 'all shooting info'.
Nov 24, 2020 19:38:52 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I only looked the arch example. Although the softw... (show quote)
Thanks will look into some of this!
Nov 24, 2020 21:17:07 #
MichaelH
Loc: NorCal via Lansing, MI
The export from Canon's DPP is much better than the one above it. Check out a one to one on the close up rock face in the last image (lower left corner) compared to the one to one of the corresponding image above.
I think the clue is in the size indicated on the uploaded images. The first batch seem to be odd sizes as if they were resized (poorly).
I think the clue is in the size indicated on the uploaded images. The first batch seem to be odd sizes as if they were resized (poorly).
Nov 25, 2020 11:03:59 #
Nov 26, 2020 15:55:41 #
knutte wrote:
Did you use a tripod and forgot to turn off IS?
Modern IS goes dead still when it senses no need for it. Older IS could go a bit nuts “looking for something to do”.
No need to switch off recent OIS or IBIS.
As to whether a tripod was used, there is reference to that. You might have read it, if only you had not been way too busy grasping at straws so as to hurriedly proffer your expert advice.
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