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Unsharp pictures with 7D and EFS 17-55mm, F2,8. Peter, Copenhagen

Started Nov 1, 2012 | Discussions thread
Sebastian1x Regular Member • Posts: 309
Re: Unsharp pictures with 7D and EFS 17-55mm, F2,8. Peter, Copenhagen

Images uploaded to DPR are so small now its difficult comment but from what I can see I don't think you have a lens problem or faulty equipment. If you blow up to 100% & feel that the images are not really sharp the most probable root cause is that the AF does not manage fully. Focus is just slightly off and that is causing the softness.

You can try can try to MA-adjust but for many real life photo situations the AF-systems accuracy (or lack of) is the main problem. You can easily test this even on portraiture-type of photography: put your camera on a tripod ask your model to sit perfectly still and do a "Live-view 10* manual adjustment, this image is your reference and should be perfectly sharp. Now take the camera off the tripod and shoot as you normally do .... check and compare results.

The work-arounds are to learn and understand which light-situations & where to aim to aquire focus best, all to help the certainly less than perfect AF-systems.

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