G2 Amazing autofocus...

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, National Geographic will NOT be calling me anytime soon, know what I mean?

Allright, the depth of field could be better on these but if anyone is wondering if the G2's autofocus actually works, I submit the following. Note that these are all autofocus shots, G2 set typically set to P, continuous focus, ISO 50. Saturation, sharpness & contrast all set to 0. These photos have not been post-processed in any way, they are straight out of the camera.

The subject is a little beat up and my composition stinks but check out the details, utterly amazing! I used my little 5 inch tripod. This is with a single Hoya 4x screw on. Realize that this hyacinth is only about 1 inch tall, click to see original size. I think the detail is absolutely amazing. Autofocus.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040690
f7.1 @ 1/160

Here's a similar shot with the Hoya, except this one is softer because the camera was hand held and I slowed down the shutter. Autofocus

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040691
f2.8 @ 1/50

These last two are just reach ins, no tripod, camera held at a funny angle. Zoom in on those petals, amazing detail considering they are hand held, autofocus shots.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040688
http://www.pbase.com/image/2040689

As you can see, these are not fantastic photos, I have things to learn yet but I think the camera's capability is truly astounding. And while the focus can be frustratingly slow when photographing kids, etc, it works very well on my camera. No cracks yet, either. ;-)

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Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

Nice ones! I liked the candy_phlox_626etc.jpg one in particular.
I have a few shots at: pbase.com/shariqghani
Cheers
Shariq

Eric Haglund said:

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, National Geographic will NOT be calling
me anytime soon, know what I mean?

Allright, the depth of field could be better on these but if anyone
is wondering if the G2's autofocus actually works, I submit the
following. Note that these are all autofocus shots, G2 set
typically set to P, continuous focus, ISO 50. Saturation, sharpness
& contrast all set to 0. These photos have not been post-processed
in any way, they are straight out of the camera.

The subject is a little beat up and my composition stinks but check
out the details, utterly amazing! I used my little 5 inch tripod.
This is with a single Hoya 4x screw on. Realize that this hyacinth
is only about 1 inch tall, click to see original size. I think the
detail is absolutely amazing. Autofocus.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040690
f7.1 @ 1/160

Here's a similar shot with the Hoya, except this one is softer
because the camera was hand held and I slowed down the shutter.
Autofocus

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040691
f2.8 @ 1/50

These last two are just reach ins, no tripod, camera held at a
funny angle. Zoom in on those petals, amazing detail considering
they are hand held, autofocus shots.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040688
http://www.pbase.com/image/2040689

As you can see, these are not fantastic photos, I have things to
learn yet but I think the camera's capability is truly astounding.
And while the focus can be frustratingly slow when photographing
kids, etc, it works very well on my camera. No cracks yet, either.
;-)

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

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Wow! Those are truly impressive results. Are these 4 the only photos you took, or are they the best of a bunch? If you took more than 4, did all of them turn out this good? Also, how many of these were indoor flash shots in lowish light conditions? I know, none were, but this is where the G2 and other Canon digicams have the most problems with the AF, and this is where I take most of my pictures.

I hope to get a G2 soon, so I'll be able to comment from 1st hand experience in the conditions I'll be mostly using it in.

I'm glad yours works well for you.

Rob

rpant said:

Wow! Those are truly impressive results. Are these 4 the only
photos you took, or are they the best of a bunch? If you took more
than 4, did all of them turn out this good? Also, how many of these
were indoor flash shots in lowish light conditions? I know, none
were, but this is where the G2 and other Canon digicams have the
most problems with the AF, and this is where I take most of my
pictures.

I hope to get a G2 soon, so I'll be able to comment from 1st hand
experience in the conditions I'll be mostly using it in.

I'm glad yours works well for you.

Rob

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Eric: These shots are truly wonderful! Keep them coming. Tim

The soft focus prob does not appear to be on every shot and, is only appearent in certain shooting situations. There is a work around for it.... but Im not thrilled with having to work around the most basic of functions of my digital camera.... focusing.

Enjoyed your flower image.... looks good.

Mark

Eric Haglund said:

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, National Geographic will NOT be calling
me anytime soon, know what I mean?

Allright, the depth of field could be better on these but if anyone
is wondering if the G2's autofocus actually works, I submit the
following. Note that these are all autofocus shots, G2 set
typically set to P, continuous focus, ISO 50. Saturation, sharpness
& contrast all set to 0. These photos have not been post-processed
in any way, they are straight out of the camera.

The subject is a little beat up and my composition stinks but check
out the details, utterly amazing! I used my little 5 inch tripod.
This is with a single Hoya 4x screw on. Realize that this hyacinth
is only about 1 inch tall, click to see original size. I think the
detail is absolutely amazing. Autofocus.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040690
f7.1 @ 1/160

Here's a similar shot with the Hoya, except this one is softer
because the camera was hand held and I slowed down the shutter.
Autofocus

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040691
f2.8 @ 1/50

These last two are just reach ins, no tripod, camera held at a
funny angle. Zoom in on those petals, amazing detail considering
they are hand held, autofocus shots.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040688
http://www.pbase.com/image/2040689

As you can see, these are not fantastic photos, I have things to
learn yet but I think the camera's capability is truly astounding.
And while the focus can be frustratingly slow when photographing
kids, etc, it works very well on my camera. No cracks yet, either.
;-)

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

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--
B4 USA / Mark

Good bokeh on the background in Grape_Hyacinth_849.JPG - the pleasant blurring on the diagonal grass shoots give a nice upmotion framing to the image.

Eric Haglund said:

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, National Geographic will NOT be calling
me anytime soon, know what I mean?

Allright, the depth of field could be better on these but if anyone
is wondering if the G2's autofocus actually works, I submit the
following. Note that these are all autofocus shots, G2 set
typically set to P, continuous focus, ISO 50. Saturation, sharpness
& contrast all set to 0. These photos have not been post-processed
in any way, they are straight out of the camera.

The subject is a little beat up and my composition stinks but check
out the details, utterly amazing! I used my little 5 inch tripod.
This is with a single Hoya 4x screw on. Realize that this hyacinth
is only about 1 inch tall, click to see original size. I think the
detail is absolutely amazing. Autofocus.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040690
f7.1 @ 1/160

Here's a similar shot with the Hoya, except this one is softer
because the camera was hand held and I slowed down the shutter.
Autofocus

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040691
f2.8 @ 1/50

These last two are just reach ins, no tripod, camera held at a
funny angle. Zoom in on those petals, amazing detail considering
they are hand held, autofocus shots.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2040688
http://www.pbase.com/image/2040689

As you can see, these are not fantastic photos, I have things to
learn yet but I think the camera's capability is truly astounding.
And while the focus can be frustratingly slow when photographing
kids, etc, it works very well on my camera. No cracks yet, either.
;-)

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

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Hi Rob, thanks for your comments. I probably took 10 pics of the tulips and 15 of the grape hyacinth. The tulips were beautifully lit but I was on my way to work, dress pants and shoes, no tripod, etc so there wasn't a whole lot more I could do than what I did. The hyacinth was really more for just futzing around with the hoya's becauses I had never used them before. I would say that all the pics turned out just about as good. If they didn't, it's typically me. I do a lot of bracketing (which is another great feature of this camera) so when you do that, you will have at least one of the 3 pics be over or under exposed but you will typically get one that is dead on exposure-wise. Also, when I shoot this kind of stuff, I use spot metering and that has worked well for me.

(BTW- if you go to Canon's site, you can download the actual manual for the G2, it's very informative and will explain all of the features).

Here's a pic I took of my son in my kitchen. I used the built in flash but turned down the flash exposure 1/3 so it wouldn't smoke him. I find that anytime I get within 6 feet, I always back off the flash exposure and get better results. I think it's really cool the G2 allows you to do that. Dang near everything is adjustable, very cool camera, you will like it when you get it. Anyway, here's the flash shot. You can see the fuzz and crud on his face even, that's with autofocus, hand held shot at 1/60 sec.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2045679

I do notice that the light beam typically misses the target but so far that hasn't caused any focus problems.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

rpant said:

Wow! Those are truly impressive results. Are these 4 the only
photos you took, or are they the best of a bunch? If you took more
than 4, did all of them turn out this good? Also, how many of these
were indoor flash shots in lowish light conditions? I know, none
were, but this is where the G2 and other Canon digicams have the
most problems with the AF, and this is where I take most of my
pictures.

I hope to get a G2 soon, so I'll be able to comment from 1st hand
experience in the conditions I'll be mostly using it in.

I'm glad yours works well for you.

Rob

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Can you tell me how you adjust the flash?

Eric Haglund said:

Here's a pic I took of my son in my kitchen. I used the built in
flash but turned down the flash exposure 1/3 so it wouldn't smoke
him. I find that anytime I get within 6 feet, I always back off the
flash exposure and get better results. I think it's really cool the
G2 allows you to do that. Dang near everything is adjustable, very
cool camera, you will like it when you get it. Anyway, here's the
flash shot. You can see the fuzz and crud on his face even, that's
with autofocus, hand held shot at 1/60 sec.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2045679

I do notice that the light beam typically misses the target but so
far that hasn't caused any focus problems.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

rpant said:

Wow! Those are truly impressive results. Are these 4 the only
photos you took, or are they the best of a bunch? If you took more
than 4, did all of them turn out this good? Also, how many of these
were indoor flash shots in lowish light conditions? I know, none
were, but this is where the G2 and other Canon digicams have the
most problems with the AF, and this is where I take most of my
pictures.

I hope to get a G2 soon, so I'll be able to comment from 1st hand
experience in the conditions I'll be mostly using it in.

I'm glad yours works well for you.

Rob

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Actually, look up Flash Exposure Compensation in your G2 manual (page 74) and it will do a much better job explaining it than I could

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

Piggy said:

Eric Haglund said:

Here's a pic I took of my son in my kitchen. I used the built in
flash but turned down the flash exposure 1/3 so it wouldn't smoke
him. I find that anytime I get within 6 feet, I always back off the
flash exposure and get better results. I think it's really cool the
G2 allows you to do that. Dang near everything is adjustable, very
cool camera, you will like it when you get it. Anyway, here's the
flash shot. You can see the fuzz and crud on his face even, that's
with autofocus, hand held shot at 1/60 sec.

http://www.pbase.com/image/2045679

I do notice that the light beam typically misses the target but so
far that hasn't caused any focus problems.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

rpant said:

Wow! Those are truly impressive results. Are these 4 the only
photos you took, or are they the best of a bunch? If you took more
than 4, did all of them turn out this good? Also, how many of these
were indoor flash shots in lowish light conditions? I know, none
were, but this is where the G2 and other Canon digicams have the
most problems with the AF, and this is where I take most of my
pictures.

I hope to get a G2 soon, so I'll be able to comment from 1st hand
experience in the conditions I'll be mostly using it in.

I'm glad yours works well for you.

Rob

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I'm not particularly thrilled with the softness of these images...I've seen the G2 do a much better job.

As a G2 owner, I get better focus when I do the half-press shutter thing...are you all doing that as well?

Take a look at Pekka's G1 gallery to see what these cameras are capable of...

Yes Pekka's pics are great, I've seen them before. It is obvious that he is an accomplished photographer, I am not at his level yet but we agree that the G2 camera is very capable.

--
Eric
http://www.pbase.com/haglunde

Paul V said:

I'm not particularly thrilled with the softness of these
images...I've seen the G2 do a much better job.

As a G2 owner, I get better focus when I do the half-press shutter
thing...are you all doing that as well?

Take a look at Pekka's G1 gallery to see what these cameras are
capable of...

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