Strange Failings of 550D
Re: Strange Failings of 550D
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R2D2 wrote:
eques wrote:
I have just viewed holiday pictures of 2 aquaintances; one of them used a Canon 550D with kit lens and an iphone 7.
About 40% of the pictures taken with the 550D were not sharp, visibly not sharp viewed on a 16 inch screen, terrible at 100%. This is not a focus problem, because nothing was sharp. And it is probably not a problem of hand shake, because the pictures were taken in broad daylight at around 1/1000s; also the phone produced better results in many cases.
Any explanations? Peter
Can’t tell for sure without more info (or better yet some samples w/ EXIF). Can they forward some?
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The 550D, like all DSLRs, is capable of fabulous results, even the the kit lens. Without seeing any samples or without more details, the usual explanations would be:
- probable user error, including technique and inappropriate image settings, and/or
- unrealistic expectations, especially with respect to depth of field. Phone cameras use tiny lenses and sensors which give near infinite depth of field = everything near to far is going to appear in focus. The larger sensor and physically longer lenses for the DSLR will give much narrower depth of field = sharp focus will only be at/near the focused distance and objects nearer or farther will not be sharp.
IMHO, YMMV
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