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John
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Canon EOS 10D
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the answer to 1 it would seem - everytime you install firmware
Have a look at these - same lens, same standard settings JPG fine -
the lighting changed (the sun came out) but have a look at them AND
the chimneys in the Middle - the lens is as sharp at f5.6 as it was
at f8 BEFORE the reset !!!
Unscientific maybe, but the camera was routinely taking SOFT photos
after the firmware update - now I've reset it , it's back to its
normal sharp (OK sharp by 10D standards) self again ....
Ignore any colour / contrast differences as the lighting changed -
BUT the camera is a good one which focusses correctly
100% Crops
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No, not me. For my first 10D reset had no effect at all and I haveI'm sure that Pekka or someone actually proved it with before /
after shots when it was initially mentioned and it seems to have
worked again, if it hadn't my 10D would have been back to Canon as
the first shots were rather soft! . it's just fine again now
not done it on the new one yet because everything works. Now we
have one question left: what does the reset do for GOOD cameras?
Mine is a good one Pekka, it never did focus incorrectly, what it does is sharpen up the image in standard mode, my 10D is sharper on standard settings than my D60 was !!! ..No, not me. For my first 10D reset had no effect at all and I have
not done it on the new one yet because everything works. Now we
have one question left: what does the reset do for GOOD cameras?
Something seems to be drifting so your explanation sounds likely. Hard to guess what they really did at Canon but as a former system engineer I know very strange things take place almost daily when folks are designing and building electronics. Usually the really weird stuff happens as fixes and work arounds when they find last minute bugs or problems after they have committed to a release date either internally or publicly. Most things done to put out a fire seem to have unintended consequences.
--I took some test shots (with the 28-135IS) and despite beibng
focussed correctly they looked a bit on the soft side so I did the
reset (Clear settings) thing for both and it seems to have
sharpened back up again ..
It may seem like snake oil but something worth noting before all
the posts of "My 10D is soft after the formware update" come
flooding in..
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I know what kind of soft pictures my 10D produced, now with the same lens they are sharper and i took some pics with heavy backlight and it doesn't produce that much blown highlights anymore , i even set my cam to normal exposure against the half stop underexposure i used to use.
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the answer to 1 it would seem - everytime you install firmware
Have a look at these - same lens, same standard settings JPG fine -
the lighting changed (the sun came out) but have a look at them AND
the chimneys in the Middle - the lens is as sharp at f5.6 as it was
at f8 BEFORE the reset !!!
Unscientific maybe, but the camera was routinely taking SOFT photos
after the firmware update - now I've reset it , it's back to its
normal sharp (OK sharp by 10D standards) self again ....
Ignore any colour / contrast differences as the lighting changed -
BUT the camera is a good one which focusses correctly
100% Crops
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