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Canon 24-70 II Lens very blurry from long shots - advice needed

Started Apr 10, 2018 | Discussions
lewisi3 New Member • Posts: 1
Canon 24-70 II Lens very blurry from long shots - advice needed

Hi all,

When shooting from distance (not very far - around 10 meters back) the Canon 24-70 II lens seems to be very blurry and bad quality.

Can I get some advice on whether this is a common issue and if there's a resolution to solve this? I wouldn't expect it to be such bad quality from only 10 meters back considering it's a £1,000+ camera lens.

Please see photo below. If you look at the talent you can see the soft focus issue I'm having (this is after making sure the talent is in focus). I'm shooting on Canon 5d Mark II, 1080p at 23.93fps with no compression on the footage.

Thanks.

Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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hotdog321
hotdog321 Forum Pro • Posts: 21,141
Re: Canon 24-70 II Lens very blurry from long shots - advice needed
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Looks like you missed focus. The poster board closer to the camera looks sharper than the background. In my experience the 5D II is a real bear to focus for video unless you use a focusing viewfinder like a Zacuto.

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BAK Forum Pro • Posts: 26,019
So what happens when you use the lens...
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So what happens when you use the lens... in decent light, at a decent shutter speed, focused on the main subject?

I think this problem starts with focusing on the wrong subject, and then is compounded by too slow a shutter speed.

BAK

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EXIF Data?
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The guy is not in focus, and there is motion blur. I assume that your shutter speed was too slow to freeze motion. Also, what do you want sharp in the picture? At f/2.8, not too much will be sharp... With Canon DPP you should be able to identify where the focus point was when loading the CR2 file...

I'd suggest that you always add the exif data for questions like this.

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