To be completely honest Larry the 50D does not compare to the 1D Mark III. The 1D Mark III focuses better and it still handles noise way better than the 50D. Having said that, the 50D is still quite impressive. I use it as a back up body and it's no slouch. Just look at the photos above of the football game and the Disney on Ice shot. I was really impressed with the Disney on Ice shot. She was in the air doing twists and I thought the 50D did a great job of getting her sharp. That shot was taken with a 70-200mmL f/2.8 IS. @ f/2.8, 1/640, ISO1250. If anyone states that images are soft coming out of the 50D shot wide open, either they got a bad lens or they don't know how to shoot. Sorry if that offends anyone but I took a lot of photos this weekend and my experience with the 50D exceeded my expectations.
wilrobking wrote:
If anyone states that images are soft coming out of the 50D shot wide open, either they got a bad lens or they don't know how to shoot. Sorry if that offends anyone but I took a lot of photos this weekend and my experience with the 50D exceeded my expectations.
remember that with higher megapixels out-of-focus images seem worse...
a 1D mark 1 was REALLY EASY to get sharp images at 100% crop because it's only 4MP.
a 1Ds mark 3 is really hard to get images that sharp at 100% crop because it's a whopping 22 MP.
if you downsize the high res images to low res they look sharper...
of course, if and when you NAIL the focus on an image, it looks really good!
kenshin wrote:
So I received a 50D + 18-200 kit lens last week and based on the sample shots I've been taking (posted some in my prior 18-200 shots thread), I haven't been impressed with the sharpness I've been getting from the camera. But I thought that was just a problem with the lens. However, after mounting my 35 f/1.4, I'm still getting shots that just do not seem sharp to me. Shots that I'm getting seem to be fuzzier than I'm used to coming from the 5D. So I took a quick comparison shot with the 35 on my 5D and 50D and this is what I'm seeing. These are 100% crops. Focus on the DANT lettering of the word antioxidant.
Both photos were taken with the same aperture, ISO and shutter speed (1/125s, f/1.4, ISO400) and I tried to frame the shot similarly to make up for the crop factor. Besides being grainier, the 50D shot to me just looks softer overall. I do not believe it's a focusing issue as I tested focusing and it was fine on both bodies. So am I just expecting too much from the 50D, or am I missing something or is there just something wrong with this particular body? ...Show more →
Ken ... any chance that you can use the AF micro adjustment on the 50D to get your focus right on the 35L and reshoot your tests? A subject with more detail, shot at ISO100 in good light would be more helpful and keep the issue on sharpness. Possibly consider shooting at f/5.6 or 8 to improve the resolving power of the lens. Will's shots look good above, but I think it would be helpful to have comparisons to baseline cameras that we understand like the 5D, 40D or 1DIII.
I have been reluctant to pickup a 50D because of the number of people that are voicing concerns.
