First DSLR Pics

immiketoo · 06-07-2009, 11:11 PM

Ran out of time to resize...more later.

TWiTCHY · 06-07-2009, 11:21 PM

Think she's out of focus, haha.

What are you using?

immiketoo · 06-07-2009, 11:24 PM

50D with a 24-70L, and you are right...I didn't notice until I opened them on the computer. The strange thing is I can't find anything that's sharp in that pic...

TWiTCHY · 06-07-2009, 11:29 PM

All of your photos are looking disturbingly soft for the aperture you're shooting at. Maybe something's wrong with the camera, or even me?

BMW F22 · 06-08-2009, 12:07 AM

I'm almost certain that it's camera shake. The 24-70mm doesn't have IS so you need a fast shutter speed or be extremely steady. Since the 24-70mm is a pretty heavy lens, it takes some getting use to for it to be stable.

TWiTCHY · 06-08-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BMW E90

I'm almost certain that it's camera shake. The 24-70mm doesn't have IS so you need a fast shutter speed or be extremely steady. Since the 24-70mm is a pretty heavy lens, it takes some getting use to for it to be stable.

Ah that's right, the first photo was shot at 1/25th of a second. I don't know if the 50D has this feature but if it does, keep your ISO on Auto or keep it around 250. 100 seems a bit low in those lighting conditions.

The second photo was shot faster than 1/100th of a second which should be more than enough for a sharp photo...

immiketoo · 06-08-2009, 10:17 AM

I thought the same thing about the softness, but I was really not paying much attention. They were all hand held and I really hope it's not my lens. Twitchy, how do you know what my settings were? Does the metadata stay with the pics?

TWiTCHY · 06-08-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by immiketoo

I thought the same thing about the softness, but I was really not paying much attention. They were all hand held and I really hope it's not my lens. Twitchy, how do you know what my settings were? Does the metadata stay with the pics?

Yup.

immiketoo · 06-08-2009, 08:08 PM

So it looks like it is camera shake, as most of my shutter speeds are really low. For some reason I remember 1/60 being the slowest speed for hand held, but apparently that doesn't work for me with this rig. Looks like a lot of practice is in order...

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TWiTCHY Colonel 378 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	All of your photos are looking disturbingly soft for the aperture you're shooting at. Maybe something's wrong with the camera, or even me?
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BMW F22 Major General 3588 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	I'm almost certain that it's camera shake. The 24-70mm doesn't have IS so you need a fast shutter speed or be extremely steady. Since the 24-70mm is a pretty heavy lens, it takes some getting use to for it to be stable.
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