EOS 1D MK II is sharp! (Pic)

[Bas Meelker]

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250, evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground. Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

 

[Malcolm101962]

You have it right. At times it seems like the more uncomfortable the photographer, the better the shot!
Malcolm

Bas Meelker wrote:
If it's not working for you, either try a bit harder or see your dealer.

 

[Tim in San Diego]

Tim

 

[dchao]

Hello Bas,

It looks really sharp! Do you mind posting a 100% crop of the beak area of the bird? Thanks!

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.

 

[Juli Valley]

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

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Juli

 

[99V6Coupe]

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

 

[CheeseFrog]

Are 1DM2 pics supposed to be sharp straight out of the camera? Or are they supposed to require post-processing? People who have complained about soft pics straight from the camera have been told "It's supposed to be that way" and that with a pro camera, images require post-production sharpening. Then other people say the 1DM2 should be sharp straight out of the camera. My question is, which camp has the broken cameras?

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

--
Cary
http://www.divinity18.com

 

[Juli Valley]

I shoot RAW and always do some post sharpening. I haven't tried jpgs at +3.

 

[Bas Meelker]

Hi Cheesefrog,

All RAW cmos files need post procesing. Mine also. I normaly use USM in Photoshop or sharpening in C1 SE. CMOS files are known to be a litle soft. It gives the photographer more control over the end result. They are not only soft for sharpening. Other post procesing is also more flexible like contrast, curves, hue and saternation. Nethertheless the shot needs to be as sharp as possible out of the camera. An unsharp photo will never be a top shot, no matter how mutch post procesing you through at it.

Regards, Bas

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

--
Cary
http://www.divinity18.com

 

[Bas Meelker]

Oh yes! All CMOS files need USM and other post procesing. Mine also. I use photoshop or C1 SE.

Regards, Bas

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

 

[GPB]

Is this a 100% crop? Also, you say CMOS files need USM, but does the camera do USM if you shoot JPEG?

Thx.

-- Greg

Regards, Bas

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

 

[Ken Phillips]

... it's because of three things: it's a Bayer patterned sensor, it has an anti-ailiasing filter in front of it to slightly blur it, and Canon decided the the default jpeg setting wouldn't receive much sharpening.

The EOS-1D ... the only Canon pro DSLR without CMOS (having a CCD chip), spews out very soft RAW files!
Ken

All RAW cmos files need post procesing. Mine also. I normaly use
USM in Photoshop or sharpening in C1 SE. CMOS files are known to be
a litle soft. It gives the photographer more control over the end
result. They are not only soft for sharpening. Other post procesing
is also more flexible like contrast, curves, hue and saternation.
Nethertheless the shot needs to be as sharp as possible out of the
camera. An unsharp photo will never be a top shot, no matter how
mutch post procesing you through at it.

Regards, Bas

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

--
Cary
http://www.divinity18.com

--



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[Chris Ventura93896]

I have seen this a million times. People talk about how sharp a camera or specific lens is, and post a picture to demonstrate that. But the picture is scaled down.

If you want to do anyone a favor, please post 100% crops, or a link to the full resolution file. I can make a nikon coolpix 990 look sharp at 640x480 resolution.

 

[GPB]

I went ahead and upsized it back to it's original size and cropped it using the posted version. Hmmm...doesn't look that sharp to me! Kind of grainy too.

Seriously, I asked the same question above.

-- Greg

I have seen this a million times. People talk about how sharp a
camera or specific lens is, and post a picture to demonstrate that.
But the picture is scaled down.

If you want to do anyone a favor, please post 100% crops, or a link
to the full resolution file. I can make a nikon coolpix 990 look
sharp at 640x480 resolution.

 

[dchao]

I thought you might have missed my post. I just want to see how sharp the pollens on the beak and the fine hair around the head are. TIA.

It looks really sharp! Do you mind posting a 100% crop of the beak
area of the bird? Thanks!

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.

 

[Mark Keller]

For a multitude of reasons, you cannot take the file posted and upsize it to represent the accuracy of the original file.

Nice try.....

Mark

Seriously, I asked the same question above.

-- Greg

I have seen this a million times. People talk about how sharp a
camera or specific lens is, and post a picture to demonstrate that.
But the picture is scaled down.

If you want to do anyone a favor, please post 100% crops, or a link
to the full resolution file. I can make a nikon coolpix 990 look
sharp at 640x480 resolution.

 

[GPB]

Nice try.....

Mark

Seriously, I asked the same question above.

-- Greg

I have seen this a million times. People talk about how sharp a
camera or specific lens is, and post a picture to demonstrate that.
But the picture is scaled down.

If you want to do anyone a favor, please post 100% crops, or a link
to the full resolution file. I can make a nikon coolpix 990 look
sharp at 640x480 resolution.

 

[Mark Keller]

Nice try.....

Mark

Seriously, I asked the same question above.

-- Greg

I have seen this a million times. People talk about how sharp a
camera or specific lens is, and post a picture to demonstrate that.
But the picture is scaled down.

If you want to do anyone a favor, please post 100% crops, or a link
to the full resolution file. I can make a nikon coolpix 990 look
sharp at 640x480 resolution.

 

[GPB]

It lost something...somewhere. Didn't me to be a smart a$$. )

-- Greg

 

[Barry Anderson]

There are thousands of folks, world wide, using this camera, taking shots and making money off of the camera. There are a dozen or so who sit on this forum and are trying to decide if the Canon engineers did their job properly!! I don't want to see shots ... I want to see degrees ...

Go figure ...

Barry

For those with doubts, here's a photo i made last sunday. The 1D II
is capable of very good shots. If it's not working for you, either
try a bit harder or see your dealer. i also have a 10D and the pics
from the 1D II are sharper straight out of the camera. Note that
the 1D MKII is NOT a point and shoot camera, needs some getting
used to and some very good lenses to perform well. This one was
made with my EF 500mm f4.5 L USM, 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 250,
evaluative metering, handheld laying in flat on the ground.
Comments are welcome.



Best regards,
Bas
http://www.basmeelker.nl

--
Barry in Frederick, Md.