DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

Unusable images with Canon R5 and 100-500mm RF lens

Started 6 months ago | Discussions thread
Jonathan Thill Regular Member • Posts: 188
Re: Unusable images with Canon R5 and 100-500mm RF lens
6

Photo67 wrote:

Hi! I made a trip to Alaska this summer and I'm sooo disappointed that many of my images are not usable. I'm a full time photographer specializing in nature and wildlife. I've got decades of experience, starting with slide film. However, my results from this past trip have me stumped. So many of my brown bear images have an odd result.

The cub on the left appears sharp (although wet, because of course it was raining). The cub on the right, especially the face, shows the issue I'm having. Some of the images lose their sharpness and look more painterly. I can't print this large and have it look good. It's not blur from movement, it's not exposure. I've never had results like this before, so I'm assuming its either the R5 or the lens. I did originally have the IS settings wrong when I first started shooting, and sadly many of my distant images are not usable. After a bit of research, I found I had the tab on the lens on the wrong IS setting. However, I still can't figure out this issue. Especially, when most parts of the image are sharp.

Has anyone run into this? Or does anyone have any thoughts? I'd be so incredibly grateful if I could find a fix, but I fear that's too much to ask.

PS I am new to zooms. My fav lens has always been my 500 f4.0. Also, these are hand held, but at higher ISO, in case that matters.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

The Exif data is showing EF 100-400 II so the question is a bit confusing.

 Jonathan Thill's gear list:Jonathan Thill's gear list
Canon EOS R3 Canon EOS R7 Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM Canon RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM +4 more
Post (hide subjects) Posted by
Ali
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow