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Just a few from my new XSI with both the 18-55is and the 55-250is. THese have been processed slightly and downsized to 1024.
No problems in focussing or sharpness







The light house was shot off a tripod with the 55-250is with is turned off. THe other two were handheld with the 18-55is

James
 
Not possible to judge like that. These images looked over processed for sharpness and contrast. 100% crops would help.
 
I cetainly do not think that they look overprocessed. The lighthouse was just as sharp in the original but it lost sharpness on resampling so it had to be touched up a little. I am not a photo lab for you. I just posted some sample pictures that was all. I was not asking for you to pixel peek them.

James
 
jbarber said:
I cetainly do not think that they look overprocessed. The lighthouse
was just as sharp in the original but it lost sharpness on resampling
so it had to be touched up a little. I am not a photo lab for you. I
just posted some sample pictures that was all. I was not asking for
you to pixel peek them.
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If you post pictures, people will comment on them. I agree with the other poster as well, the processing is a bit over-board IMO. You might want to tone down the sharpening and contrast a notch.

Cheers
 
I'm a noobie and I too think you've applied a little too much of sharpening and contrast, but then again everyone has their preference. The kit is excellent though for the money. I have the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 and the kit lens is not that far behind in image quality in my opinion.
 
Ok. Since I seem to be outnumbered even though they look the way I like them, here are what you want.



The downsizing definitely drops the sharpness but I have not compensated at all.



This is just cut from the original - no processing.

James
 
Looks like I can't win. If I sharpen slightly then I am told they are overprocessed, if I don't sharpen then they are soft.

James
 
I laughed when I saw the soft comment... I KNEW you would get a kick out of that one! You're right - you can't win!

Thanks for sharing. It was a good effort even if they did give you a hard time.

D.
 
Gee I'd sure like to see some of the "TOTALLY PERFECT" shots some of these guys took...I'm suprised anyone still posts here at all with the nit picking smary attitudes you have to deal with...E
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The Ol Snapper
 
jbarber, these are great photos. I LIKE the punchy colours and very sharp look.

The only place I would consider it overhsarpened are the tree trunks in the first and second pictures. If you want to exclude just that from sharpening and see how it looks, duplicate the original layer in Photoshop, sharpen that, and then erase it around the tree trunks.

Even then, the issue is minor, and I don't see why everyone is sitting here nitpicking instead of enjoying the rest of the photo. I think it looks excellent. Don't let everyone here discourage you. Make photos for yourself. If you like the way it looks, then it's a good photo.
 
Where's your polarizer, Dude?
Good test shots using just the lens.
Looks like the 450D is having some issues with highlights?
 
is that the first picture wasn't over-sharpened. In fact I liked it the way it was. Nice shot. The second and third ones were OVER-SHARPENED. In particular you can see the sharpening in the water and the lighthouse in the second, and the rocks in the third. You are also shooting in difficult light. Don't expect people to get too excited and just keep taking the pictures as you like.
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Nimnar
 
Ok. Thanks everyone for the posts. I am going to repost all three pictures with no sharpening at all. Please understand that this day looks beautiful but was so windy and cold that I was having trouble standing still. I think that my whole point of posting these was to show that the kit lenses 18-55is/55-250is were excellent for the money. Please don't respond by telling me that it could be better if I would only spend another $1000 per lens - we all already know it would be better.

18-55is handheld in high wind. No sharpening - just downsized and take note we lose sharpness by downsizing - the full size is better.



18-55is handheld in high wind. In this position it was literally blowing me away and the sand and water were flying.



55-250is on a tripod with is off. Converted from raw in Elements 5 then downsized and no sharpening at all. This was a considerable distance away so the lens is at full 250mm. The air is slightly hazy.



Please note that I am still trying to see what looks generally good to most people. I am away from home and doing all of this on my laptop so maybe it not as good as my home monitor. All of these pics like slightly soft to me and I would sharpen them slighty but that didn't go over well in the first posting.
Have a go at them!

Thanks for looking
James
 
Regarding the sharpening, I don't know how you did it, but if you used a program which only had a "sharpen" button, that would be the source of the problem. In more advanced software like Photoshop or the free Gimp http://www.gimp.org/windows/ you can sharpen with different tolerances. That would be the way to approach sharpening. Also check the software suite that came with the Xsi.

You are very fortunate to live surrounded by such natural beauty. You should get some amazing opportunities at nature photography.
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Nimnar
 
nimnar said:
Regarding the sharpening, I don't know how you did it, but if you
used a program which only had a "sharpen" button, that would be the
source of the problem. In more advanced software like Photoshop or
the free Gimp http://www.gimp.org/windows/ you can sharpen with
different tolerances. That would be the way to approach sharpening.
Also check the software suite that came with the Xsi.

You are very fortunate to live surrounded by such natural beauty.
You should get some amazing opportunities at nature photography.
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Nimnar
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Agreed...

All DSLRs need SOME sharpening, esp. when using RAW imaging...and different makes and models use different strength AA filters so as usual YMMV ...Canon recommends 300/.3/0 USM...I typically use 100 or 200 for amount and for a radius .2, rarely more than .3

If I use 300 I'm likely using .1 or .2 for radius....this after setting my sharpen setting in DPP to 3 or 4.
 
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