E1 Problem, help please.

[UK-Kev]

As I said above these are the full files as they left the camera, no touching up, no resizing, nothing. The sky really was that colour.

 

[Agnes Wozniak]

Oh sorry, missed that.

Well, if you are still worried about focus, I guess I can only suggest going back to store.

Good luck with your e-1 !

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http://plfoto.com/uzytkownik.php?authorid=13856

As I said above these are the full files as they left the camera,
no touching up, no resizing, nothing. The sky really was that
colour.

 

[Scott Larson]

The buildings - I stick to my point - the sky CAN'T have been that
colour (it never is!)

Yeah, the sky should look more like this picture!

 

[Richard Pavek]

Do you use a filter? I used a filter I thought was OK and never could get anything as sharp as I thought I should. A fellow E-1er invited me to talke the filter off. WOW. what a difference. everything was sharp. I now use a Hoya Super HMC with 99.7 transmisssion and no problems. Pix are sharp enought to print 16X20 and sometimes more. Richard

I seem to have a problem with my camera/ 14-54 lens, none of my
pictures seem sharp/in focus, how can I test for this to be sure? I
have tried taking pictures at different aperture settings and at
different focal lengths, but they all seem out.

 

[Ross]

Thanks I will try to give some more info, I only have the one lens,
it seems to be since I did the firmware upgrade? not sure though.

http://www.pbase.com/image/30185383

http://www.pbase.com/image/30185630

I took a look at your examples at original size. On the second picture it appears that the focus plane is the wire fence, bricks on the right or the shed on the left. These seem sharp enought to respond to USM etc. You would expect at 14mm @ f/8, there would be more DOF, but focusing close rather than far does give these kinds of results. Before you bring it back, try Jono's suggestion of a wall with some detail and take some shots at various distances, focal lengths and f/stops. You might also try focusing at infinity to see if the lens is sharp at that plane. Good luck.
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Bob Ross
http://www.pbase.com/rossrtx

 

[Jono Slack]

Hi Scott
LOL - but then, I never said that was straight out of the camera!

actually, it wasn't much changed, just a little increase in contrast and a conversion on the red channel.

Kind Regards
jono slack

The buildings - I stick to my point - the sky CAN'T have been that
colour (it never is!)

Yeah, the sky should look more like this picture!

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[Jono Slack]

HI Kev

Well, sorry to cast aspersions, but I still think the best way of testing this would be to take some shots with a relatively small distance from front to back (and a reasonable distance away from you). At least that way you can be sure that the depth of field issue is removed.

As I said, have a go at some boring brick walls - or maybe a well clipped hedge, and see how they come out.

kind regards
jono slack

As I said above these are the full files as they left the camera,
no touching up, no resizing, nothing. The sky really was that
colour.

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk

 

[UK-Kev]

I have heard back from Olympus Europe technical dept, and they didn't think there was a problem with the lens on the pictures I sent them, and that they could all be sharpened in photoshop! now don't get me wrong I don't mind doing a little adjusting to the odd picture in PS, but I want them right as they come out of the camera, which I feel these are not. But I have ordered a remote from the US so I will wait until I can use that with the camera tripod mounted to do some further test shots. I also wonder why if everybody has their sharpness set to +3, that this is not the base setting and all other adjustments are + or - from there, even Olympus said to set the sharpness to +3, it just doesn't make sense.

I have spoken to Olympus, and they have requested pictures, so it
will be interesting to here what they say, my monitor is fine, I
see other peoples pictures posted on here and they are pin sharp,
with good depth of field, yet mine are all soft, other people have
commented on it where I have posted pictures.

 

[Richard Pavek]

I seem to have a problem with my camera/ 14-54 lens, none of my
pictures seem sharp/in focus, how can I test for this to be sure? I
have tried taking pictures at different aperture settings and at
different focal lengths, but they all seem out.

 

[UK-Kev]

Hi Richard, no I don't use filters on my digi gear, I haven't yet found a real need too.

I seem to have a problem with my camera/ 14-54 lens, none of my
pictures seem sharp/in focus, how can I test for this to be sure? I
have tried taking pictures at different aperture settings and at
different focal lengths, but they all seem out.

 

[Richard Pavek]

Sorry it was no help. Good luck on yourproblem. Richard

I seem to have a problem with my camera/ 14-54 lens, none of my
pictures seem sharp/in focus, how can I test for this to be sure? I
have tried taking pictures at different aperture settings and at
different focal lengths, but they all seem out.

 

[Jono Slack]

HI Kevin

The pictures you posted were really difficult to evaluate due to the large depth in each photo (the depth in the flowers may not seem large, but in terms of depth of field they certainly are).

You are obviously worried about this issue, and the photos you've posted don't really give a chance of making a proper evaluation, so, take some photos which ARE capable of evaluation.

You don't need tripods and remote controls, just take some shots at different apertures and different focal lengths of a nice, detailed, FLAT subject, in good light - hand hold them, that's what you're going to do later.

If you do have a problem, then this should show it up. If I were olympus, and you'd sent those two shots in to represent a problem, I would have done what they've done.

Make it easy for them to help you, and I'm sure that they will. . . . . . . . The only other case I know of a bad 14-54 (quite different problem); Olympus took one look and replaced both the lense AND the camera, with no quibbles and very fast.

Kind Regards
Jono Slack

If you really want to know whether you have a problem, do as I suggested, take some shots of a detailed brick wall, or a hedge, UK-Kev
wrote:
I have heard back from Olympus Europe technical dept, and they
didn't think there was a problem with the lens on the pictures I
sent them, and that they could all be sharpened in photoshop! now
don't get me wrong I don't mind doing a little adjusting to the odd
picture in PS, but I want them right as they come out of the
camera, which I feel these are not. But I have ordered a remote
from the US so I will wait until I can use that with the camera
tripod mounted to do some further test shots. I also wonder why if
everybody has their sharpness set to +3, that this is not the base
setting and all other adjustments are + or - from there, even
Olympus said to set the sharpness to +3, it just doesn't make sense.

I have spoken to Olympus, and they have requested pictures, so it
will be interesting to here what they say, my monitor is fine, I
see other peoples pictures posted on here and they are pin sharp,
with good depth of field, yet mine are all soft, other people have
commented on it where I have posted pictures.

--
Jono Slack
http://www.slack.co.uk