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New G7x II - macros ugh ugh ugh Locked

Started Mar 30, 2017 | Discussions thread
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rpm40
rpm40 Senior Member • Posts: 2,411
Re: New G7x II - macros ugh ugh ugh

HelenaH wrote:

Hello!

I bought myself a new camera to replace my old G9 (10 years old and bouncing around).

My main idea is to photograph miniatures and toys for my sales. Indoors in daylight, handheld. G9 was good until now, I feel it is losing the focus /which I verified it was random, so I thought better replace it.

I read G7x mark ii has good big sensor - yay good picture I thought, low noise. Nice big lens yay for depth of field I thought and to let light in. Mark II has better noise handling, yay I thought. So it looks like a good camera for my needs.

But maybe I was wrong?!

The photos I take at F 1.8 to 2.8 are crap. It looks like someone smeared something on the lens. No I have checked. At 2.8 the old G9 is better!

I am talking about taking photos in from 10 to about 30-40 cm range.

I am so disappointed and unhappy because we bought this through the company = no replacement. But if it is bad for real I can go the guarantee route.

Have I bought wrong camera for my needs, even if I thought it would be perfect by reading the specs?

I have a Canon Service center just in my city but I do not want to go there and they say "we have checked and no this works good, thank you now here's a bill of $250"

Here's five photos of my dolls, all taken on tripod, jpgs straight from camera (Av mode, focused on one of the eyes, small rectangle autofocus): http://www.funnybunny.se/files/dollsfocustest.zip

If it is supposed to look like this then I think it is bad.

The larger sensor in your new camera means apertures aren't comparable to your old one. Try f4 and see how it goes. Use macro or manual focus. There will be a learning curve, but keep at it and you will get good results.

that said, canon really pushed the envelope to put a big sensor and fast lens into a tiny camera on the g7x, so I'd agree that the lens is only so-so.

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