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Blurry or soft full body photos when using canon 50mm f1.8 stm

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KevinRA Senior Member • Posts: 1,456
Re: Blurry or soft full body photos when using canon 50mm f1.8 stm
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muhdhumamkhan wrote:

scrup wrote:

Best to post a sample image. It could be subject movement, DOF too shallow, miss focus or a number of other things.

50mm f2 ISO500 Flash 1/2

here if you zoom on his face you wil see that is soft focused.

Hi - this is a nice shot - and actually with a little post processing to add some contrast and maybe a gradient to the background to make the subject stand out could be very nice.  Some post processing may just give it the wow look.

As R2 suggests, I'd shoot RAW + JPEG - you can then play with the RAW in post processing.  DXO Deep Prime is excellent for noise, I know it's not cheap but at least is not a subscription - but equally Topaz suite is very good and works not just on RAW plus there is an xmas offer on it still 25% off the apps.   Topaz sharpen AI too is my favourite.   I would actually shoot slightly higher ISO so to get min shutter speed 1/160 to 1/200 with people - they and you move.  Use the  modern noise reduction.  I'd normally turn off all jpeg noise reduction in camera and apply in post.

There's also some fringing including some purple which is inherent with these types of lenses wide open - but software will completely remove the colour, leaving just a little halation which is far less noticeable. Then shiny buttons for example - simple to sort.

Subjects look best with some compression so I think the 50mm focal length on the M50 series - can be OK at 30mm but take care if going wider - I'd say only suitable for groups at 16mm.  You should be able to find 2nd hand dealer lenses - the sigma 56mm is very very nice including at f/1.4 - and in the UK at least can be 2/3rd price for mint used copies. (I almost never buy new kit).

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