Canon 60D...?? (Page 2): Cheap filter in front of glass? Bad technique? His glass may not be as good as yours. I assume he is resizing his and you are resizing yours

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Cheap filter in front of glass?
Bad technique?
His glass may not be as good as yours.
I assume he is resizing his and you are resizing yours - he could be botching that up, masking the true problem.
VR turned on at high shutter speeds?
VR not turned on at low speeds?
Missed focus?
Shooting at extremes of aperture and focal length?
Too high an ISO?
Is he using a TC?

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

The 60d is a good camera. The unknown lens???? I subject, without any photos showing is problems, to read the manual. Then read it again. And practice, practice, and more. Shoot simple subjects. Don't start shooting speeding bullets or tricky lighting. Then, more practice. If that doesn't work, send me the camera. I could use it to backup mine. I just added the 24-105L f/4 IS lens, and every time I use it I'm amazed at the results.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

djtravels wrote:

The 60d is a good camera. The unknown lens???? I subject, without any photos showing is problems, to read the manual. Then read it again. And practice, practice, and more. Shoot simple subjects. Don't start shooting speeding bullets or tricky lighting. Then, more practice. If that doesn't work, send me the camera. I could use it to backup mine. I just added the 24-105L f/4 IS lens, and every time I use it I'm amazed at the results.

His lens was a Canon 70-300mm so it can't be all that bad...all you have suggested is a given as he's not a rank beginner...if I cant sort something out when I see him I'll be seriously thinking the camera has issues...I can't understand why the Exif info doesn't show...my Nikon shows it automatically, do you need to turn that function on in a Canon?

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

SX2002 wrote:

Two dynamic ones of mine, same place same time...

Nice shots, BTW.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Two shots off camera and untouched...
The Cormorant is actually quite a good shot but the ducks were shot into the morning sun and are quite over exposed...
Any other thoughts...?
Geoff is colour blind and whatever he did in PP is what ruined the shots, not the camera in my opinion...

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lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

SX2002 wrote:

Two shots off camera and untouched...
The Cormorant is actually quite a good shot but the ducks were shot into the morning sun and are quite over exposed...
Any other thoughts...?
Geoff is colour blind and whatever he did in PP is what ruined the shots, not the camera in my opinion...

Mother duck is quite sharp but the smaller ones look fuzzy. :wink:

Maybe Geoff would get more consistent results by just bypassing post processing and shooting jpg at his desired exposure?
Or learn to process by white point, histogram, and numbers, instead of by sight?

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

lighthouse wrote:

Mother duck is quite sharp but the smaller ones look fuzzy. :wink:

Maybe Geoff would get more consistent results by just bypassing post processing and shooting jpg at his desired exposure?
Or learn to process by white point, histogram, and numbers, instead of by sight?

He is shooting JPEGs...all his PP usually consists of, as does mine, is a bit of sharpening and at times some colour enhancement...and a crop to suit...

Bill Golden Loc: Briarcliff NY

Maybe the softness is attrbutable to the lens. Which 70-300 mm lens is he using? I had the nonL 70-300 and I found it to be soft at 300mm. I now have the 70-300L lens and it is a major difference.
Bill

bleary Loc: MA

I use a 60D and love it. There are so many possible factors here.
a. camera shake (is he using a tripod? Are these hand held?)
b. focus point set incorrectly - set one focus point, not all 9 of them and see what happens. When my subject is blurry it's almost always because I didn't check this. Something is in focus - just not what I had intended.
c. defective lens (probably not but it wouldn't hurt to try a different one.) Is the lens really set on autofocus or did the switch get nudged a little toward manual? I've had people come up to me at events and want to know why their camera isn't focusing. That always seems to be the reason.
just to name a few. My suggestion is for you - whose photos are super, BTW - to take some shots using his camera and see if the same thing happens.

Cherihorn Loc: Toledo

I have a Canon 60D and so does my daughter. Her photos weren't sharp. She contacted Canon and it was a known problem. She sent it in and it's fine now. (Not saying that there isn't another problem here.)

RDH

Canon has made several 70 - 300 lenses, some good, some not so good. Without knowing which 70 - 300 lens this is one can't say much about it. And yes some of the older 70 - 300s do not have IS/VR.

dlmorris Loc: Loma Linda, Ca

Cherihorn wrote:

I have a Canon 60D and so does my daughter. Her photos weren't sharp. She contacted Canon and it was a known problem. She sent it in and it's fine now. (Not saying that there isn't another problem here.)

Wonder what they found? I was always wondering about my own 60d, and have always wondered about the sharpness (or lack thereof). My Tamron 150-600 is very sharp, so I don't know if it is the lens, or as you said, maybe something in the camera itself.

RedIris Loc: MN, USA

The EXIF info says Canon EOS 600D NOT 60D.

An EOS 600D is a Rebel series camera. I believe it's T3i.

If he has a 60D and his editing program thinks it's a T3i (600D), could that mess up the photo when downloading to the computer????

Is the lens a Canon lens?

Lingen Loc: Grenada, Caribbean

I'm hanging on for an answer to this one. Most of my D60 pictures are softer than the ones given by SX2002 as soft! The choice of lens (I have four) seems to make no difference. Yes, speed is more than adequate, ISO can be low and focus is OK, and still shots come out un-sharp. I have always been so envious of the sharp pictures I see on UH and now it seems I have a fellow-sufferer. Sorry not to have contributed anything positive....

joseph premanandan

cannon 60D is a good camera.as SS suggested ,he should check what focal point he is using.i use central focus point most of the timing.i also suggest spot metering or central weighted metering instead of evaluvative metering,using aperture mode is better unless he wants to capture sports events or a humming bird,i also suggest keep the iso around 100 because higher iso interferes with the quality of the image and if the image is not very sharp,it might be a good idea to switch to manual focus instead of auto focus.the focal length of the lens is also important and he should adjust the shutter speed according to the lens focal length.i hope these suggestions ae helpful.joseph premanandan