First 300d Photo.... Not sure im happy

[Bob the Printer88467]

WHat is USM ?

UnSharp Masking... Amounts to sharpening.. Never did understand just why they call it unsharpmasking, but that's what it is in PhotoShop I guess..

Miscellaneous A70 pics
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/a70/a70.html
Sincerely, Bob the Printer

 

[zstoja]

That is problem with 10d, 300d. Very often people are not sure they are happy.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[Bob the Printer88467]

--What does it mean on a lens? sorry new to this!!!
Learn from your dog. Never pretend to be someone you're not

USM on a Canon lens stands for Ultrasonic Motor that moves the autofocus mechanism in the lens. Supposed to be much quieter and faster than a normal auto focus motor..

Miscellaneous A70 pics
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/a70/a70.html
Sincerely, Bob the Printer

 

[drgonzo]

One other point, don't expect the 300D to make you a great photographer, take this thread as an example....garbage in garbage out.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[dohdoh]

If you want to know why they called it unsharpen mask,
click here

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,24330,3509149,00.html

Check out the video clip as they go through the steps and you'll understand why.

WHat is USM ?

UnSharp Masking... Amounts to sharpening.. Never did understand
just why they call it unsharpmasking, but that's what it is in
PhotoShop I guess..

Miscellaneous A70 pics
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bdolson/a70/a70.html
Sincerely, Bob the Printer

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dohdoh
http://www.pbase.com/dohdoh

 

[Alex]

Turn yourself to God

 

[dohdoh]

Okay, before you take anymore pictures, you have to realize something about DSRL cameras. First of all, pictures require post processing. Oh, before I continue... let me just let this out because it was frustrating reading the same thing post after post... the original user that said USM, meant the Unsharpen Mask in Photoshop.

Okay, with that out of the way, a lot of point and shoot cameras, both consumer and prosumer cameras will probably look sharper to you because they most of their sharpening in the camera itself. Most DSLR's don't do that much sharpening unless you set it to sharpen more. If you are not willing to spend time to do some post processing, I would say, return the camera and wait for the 828, or the A1. I'm pretty sure you'll be very unhappy with the 10D, because I heard by default, the Digital Rebel does a little bit more sharpening.

Good luck.

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dohdoh
http://www.pbase.com/dohdoh

 

[RATPhoto]

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

I am left wondering what you are unhappy about. I don't see anything at first glance that is obviously a fault of the camera.

The picture is not good (as others pointed out) for any number of reasons. But the camera isn't the obvious cause of those reasons.

I am NOT trying to trash you. But if you could be more specific about what it is you don't like in this picture, perhaps we then can either understand where you are coming from or help you improve your technique to overcome that fault.

It is possible there is a real fault here. You might have focused on one thing and another thing was actually what was in focus but you'll have to expand more on what you find wrong.

--
For a small gallery of 300d pictures, see:
http://ratphoto.home.comcast.net/

Note these are large files with NO processing. They were taken with the EF-S 18-55 kit lens as well as a 70-200 F4L. I tried to give you something other than the usual shot of the kids.

 

[Lime]

That's hilarious!!!

Emil

 

[David Barker91965]

What is your Subject here? If it's the flowers, then your're not
focused on them, you're focused on the shed in the back.

I'm working at a pretty poor monitor at the moment, but it looks to me as though there's plenty of DOF - look at the cladding on the building to the right in the background. Equally the lawn isn't far OOF, so I don't think it's the focussing that's the problem.

Also, it looks like you have a lot of sun hitting the side of the
shed directly. I'd wait till the evening to take this picture.

Agreed.

Next, You mght want to stop down the apeture if you want a wider
dof to include some of the flowers there.

f/10 according to exif, and as I mentioned above there seems to be a good DOF already.

But since you have the camera, experiment. It's not going to cost
you any compared to using film.

That's the best part about digital...

have fun

...except that

--
David Barker

 

[joseph scinta]

Well............

It just lacks clearity.... The flowers look out of foucus and things do not look crisp to me ..... I shot it in auto mode so maybe im expecting to much out of it .

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

I am left wondering what you are unhappy about. I don't see
anything at first glance that is obviously a fault of the camera.

The picture is not good (as others pointed out) for any number of
reasons. But the camera isn't the obvious cause of those reasons.

I am NOT trying to trash you. But if you could be more specific
about what it is you don't like in this picture, perhaps we then
can either understand where you are coming from or help you improve
your technique to overcome that fault.

It is possible there is a real fault here. You might have focused
on one thing and another thing was actually what was in focus but
you'll have to expand more on what you find wrong.

--
For a small gallery of 300d pictures, see:
http://ratphoto.home.comcast.net/
Note these are large files with NO processing. They were taken with
the EF-S 18-55 kit lens as well as a 70-200 F4L. I tried to give
you something other than the usual shot of the kids.

 

[TPW]

Can you post 100% image so we can have a closer look? Don't direct link it though, just post the link (without the jpg extension).

I doubt this is a focusing problem. You are using f/10 which should have a pretty deep DOF that everything should pretty much be in focus. It may be that you are not used to the DSLR look which is generally softer than P&S because of less in-camera sharpening. If you want very sharp pics, you'll need to do some Unsharp Masking or dial-up the incamera sharpening to +2.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[joseph scinta]

File Name
IMG_0036.jpg
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
9/16/2003 1:10:00 AM
Shooting Mode
Auto
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/200
Av( Aperture Value )
10
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
18.0 - 55.0 mm
Focal Length
28.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast +1
Sharpness +1
Color saturation +1
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
5083KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name
Camera Body No.
0460009534

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

I am left wondering what you are unhappy about. I don't see
anything at first glance that is obviously a fault of the camera.

The picture is not good (as others pointed out) for any number of
reasons. But the camera isn't the obvious cause of those reasons.

I am NOT trying to trash you. But if you could be more specific
about what it is you don't like in this picture, perhaps we then
can either understand where you are coming from or help you improve
your technique to overcome that fault.

It is possible there is a real fault here. You might have focused
on one thing and another thing was actually what was in focus but
you'll have to expand more on what you find wrong.

--
For a small gallery of 300d pictures, see:
http://ratphoto.home.comcast.net/
Note these are large files with NO processing. They were taken with
the EF-S 18-55 kit lens as well as a 70-200 F4L. I tried to give
you something other than the usual shot of the kids.

 

[zstoja]

Sharpness +1

Canoot do much more.

I doubt this is a focusing problem. You are using f/10 which
should have a pretty deep DOF that everything should pretty much be
in focus. It may be that you are not used to the DSLR look which
is generally softer than P&S because of less in-camera sharpening.
If you want very sharp pics, you'll need to do some Unsharp Masking
or dial-up the incamera sharpening to +2.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[joseph scinta]

Here is the full image Url

http://users.adelphia.net/~window/IMG_0036.jpgP

Remove the P in jpg........

I doubt this is a focusing problem. You are using f/10 which
should have a pretty deep DOF that everything should pretty much be
in focus. It may be that you are not used to the DSLR look which
is generally softer than P&S because of less in-camera sharpening.
If you want very sharp pics, you'll need to do some Unsharp Masking
or dial-up the incamera sharpening to +2.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[Michael Meissner]

All i did was make the picture smaller...........
http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

Does the roof sag like that or is the barrel distortion pretty bad at 28mm (full wide angle)? If the roof is straight, that means you either have to correct the photos or refrain from using wide angle shots.

 

[Michael Meissner]

I dont know waht USm is ...........

Unsharp Mask in photoshop, which despire its name actually sharpens the picture.

 

[David Barker91965]

Well............

It just lacks clearity.... The flowers look out of foucus and
things do not look crisp to me ..... I shot it in auto mode so
maybe im expecting to much out of it .

I understand what you mean. The trouble with using auto settings is that you aren't really in control of the camera, and while it might seem to make things easy at the start, you will only learn very slowly.

Shooting in less harsh light will, as has been suggested already, give you a better chance of some great results. Avoiding the middle of the day is often a good idea.

If you want a degree of automation, but some control, perhaps the P setting would be a good compromise? The camera will suggest a combination of shutterspeed and aperture which you can "tweak" to suit your situation, for example choose a wider aperture to narrow the depth of field/focus, or a faster shutter speed to freeze action or avoid camera shake.

Take the time to read around the forums, and follow links to other sites, so as to learn more about your photography, particularly how to assess your pictures critically - recognising what is behind your dissatisfaction with a photo will lead you to a likely solution to the perceived problem. Also it will help others to point you in the right direction!

By the way, Unsharp Mask is not specific to Photoshop, and in any case there are plenty of lower cost alternatives to Photoshop for your image editing requirements. You might consider looking into Picture Window:-

http://www.dl-c.com/Temp/

It's easy to learn, and very good value for money, in my opinion.

Good luck with your new camera!

--
David Barker

 

[TPW]

The images looks perfectly sharp, nothing is wrong with that. If you want to do a little bit more USM to fit your taste, that's fine also. I don't think you need it though.

http://users.adelphia.net/~window/IMG_0036.jpgP

Remove the P in jpg........

I doubt this is a focusing problem. You are using f/10 which
should have a pretty deep DOF that everything should pretty much be
in focus. It may be that you are not used to the DSLR look which
is generally softer than P&S because of less in-camera sharpening.
If you want very sharp pics, you'll need to do some Unsharp Masking
or dial-up the incamera sharpening to +2.

All i did was make the picture smaller...........

http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

 

[joseph scinta]

LOL

I built that shed myself........ THE ROOF is way saged....

All i did was make the picture smaller...........
http://www.pbase.com/image/21407359

Does the roof sag like that or is the barrel distortion pretty bad
at 28mm (full wide angle)? If the roof is straight, that means you
either have to correct the photos or refrain from using wide angle
shots.