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Canon Ef 16-35 f4 Decentered or some other issue?

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gipper51 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,904
Re: Canon Ef 16-35 f4 Decentered or some other issue?
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Couple of things: your chosen aperture and focus method.

That shot with that much distance from foreground to background...f4 isn't gonna get everything in focus at 29mm. Not enough depth of field. Try f8 or f11.

For focusing, use live view and find the focal distance where it works best for the scene and focal length. I don't rely on the distance scale. Set the button on the front of the camera to close down your aperture and you can see this in real time what you have in focus at the selected aperture. Pan around the frame in live view and check the overall scene. You'll have to do some testing here.

Note that a 50MP camera will magnify any errors in your technique compared to lower res cameras. This is what people talk about when they say high resolution cameras are 'not forgiving'.

I looked at your full res photo and I don't see anything evil going on with your lens. This is a technique issue IMO.

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