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D60-new user-Is this focus/sharpness normal? Help!!!

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Ken W. said:
you're from Australia.
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That's why I asked what the white stuff was LOL :-)

The only time I see the ground white like that, is when it is covered in hail stones the size of golf balls
Member said:
You'd sure feel at home here. There are
tonnes of Aussies here!
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I will be one of them at the end of the year! :-)
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Russell Stewart said:
WOW! Where is that? and what is all that white stuff??
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Ken W.
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Vacation... I would love to come for the season, but I will have 11 (yes eleven!) family members in tow.... I don't know if I should put a :-) or a :-( here now???

I will have 1 week in Whistler and one week in Florida.

In a few years I will be taking a year off and travelling around Canada and Alaska with the wife and 2 kids... oh and the Dxx will be coming also! :-)
Ken W. said:
Russell Stewart said:
Member said:
You'd sure feel at home here. There are
tonnes of Aussies here!
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I will be one of them at the end of the year! :-)
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Ken W.
http://www.quantumarts.com
http://www.quantumarts.com/photography
http://www.mywhistler.com
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I've got to hand it to you that 2nd image looks great! I to found that setting the single focus point helped and well as changing metering.

BUT I have never, ever, gotten anything near the sharpness of your 2nd image directly out of my D60. Not sure if the difference is the camera, the L glass, or just me...
Photo Noob said:
I thought that I had issues with my camera as well. Infact I had a
huge thread on the issue. Turns out I was choosing the wrong focus
points so the camera was not able to keep up. I now shoot on AV
mode for the most part. I ONLY have the center focus point turned
on as the others seem to only screw up my focus. After learning how
to choose the best point of focus to encompase the entire subject
for maximum depth of field given the fstop, I have MUCH sharper
shots.

Here is an image of before I started shooting like this. It is
similar to your issue where the subject is very soft. These are
just crops but you will get the idea:

AFTER changing my technique:



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Photo Noob
D60
50mm 1.8, 75-300mm 4-5.6 III
70-200 F4L
1 Gig Microdrive
Sunpak PZ5000
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R. Clayton McKee said:
I'm using Tokina AT-X glass, also Canon USM and L... all of which
are also in daily use on 1n film cameras without any difficulty.
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Following up to this (just in case anyone's still reading this far back) I'm happyish, sort of, to report that the problem has been located. It seems, according to the honcho at Tokina, that Canon changed the focusing system in the EOS cameras in some fashion, beginning with the EOS-3 and on. My Tokina lenses predate the change and will get an upgrade. I hauled my slow backup 28-105 USM out of backup, and it turns out to work fine with the camera, as does the 300/4IS L.... So it's not a camera problem, it's a lens compatibility issue, affecting everything beginning just exactly right AFTER my 1n's... Unfortunately the lenses are out of warranty so it's on my wallet but I guess I'll have to live with it.

But the D60 is actually just fine.
 
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