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p.3 #1 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


michael49,

That picture looks phenomenally sharp to me. Thank you for posting it. Is it a 100% crop? Has it been processed in any other way other than saturation/brightness/sharpness setting?

Henry.



Nov 18, 2009 at 03:46 PM
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p.3 #2 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


pixelblurr wrote:
2. The bird pics posted earlier are 100% crops taken from the sharpened RAW output, processed by DPP; sharpness setting 6.


If these are 100% crops from a 5D2, you really don't have a significant focus problem. You could make a 16 x 24 print from this and it would look quite good.

Dan



Nov 18, 2009 at 08:08 PM
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p.3 #3 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


pixelblurr wrote:
michael49,

That picture looks phenomenally sharp to me. Thank you for posting it. Is it a 100% crop? Has it been processed in any other way other than saturation/brightness/sharpness setting?

Henry.


That's a non-cropped image. RAW converted in LR, typical LR edits (increase in vibrance, blacks and contrast) resized and sharpened for web. That's what I do with all my images. I've never had an issue with my 24-105's sharpness.

(I just looked at the original file and this was actually taken at 50mm though)



Nov 18, 2009 at 08:33 PM
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p.3 #4 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


Here's one at 105mm (also f/4), just as sharp...

http://brownphotography.smugmug.com/photos/562855738_DTJQX-O.jpg



Nov 18, 2009 at 08:39 PM
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p.3 #5 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


Just a follow up on this issue...

Canon ended up having to adjust/calibrate BOTH lenses and found they were out of spec, but the body seems OK.

I did some very controlled tests with my camera and a friend's 5DMK2 + 24-105 and found our cameras are producing nearly identical images now.

So there was a problem and it wasn't me! =)...

Henry.



Dec 24, 2009 at 03:34 AM
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p.3 #6 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


I enjoyed the thread as a refresher.


Dec 24, 2009 at 04:47 AM
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p.3 #7 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


Interesting... My experience with new L lenses is that it's not at all uncommon for there to be some issue or other that Canon needs to correct to bring the lens up to spec. I'm sure glad you've got this resolved. Have fun (EOSfun?) with your new toy!


Dec 24, 2009 at 04:51 AM
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p.3 #8 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


Another thing - one poster mentioned about putting the camera in green mode to do a test. When I got my camera and lens back from Canon recently, that was the mode the camera was left in.


Dec 24, 2009 at 08:12 AM
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p.3 #9 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


Savas K wrote:
Another thing - one poster mentioned about putting the camera in green mode to do a test. When I got my camera and lens back from Canon recently, that was the mode the camera was left in.


Makes sense to me. This is the mode that would tell the Canon service folks the camera is functioning correctly and making all the proper decisions.



Dec 24, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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p.3 #10 · Help!: Blurry pics with new 5D.2!


I just tried using Auto and found that the camera chooses a small aperture. I don't know if one can test wide open performance using Auto.


Dec 24, 2009 at 02:39 PM
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