Hello All,
I've had my 30D for seven months now along with two lens Canon 400L & Canon 1.4x and Sigma 70-200 F2.8 ....
99% of the images appear flat and colours not vibrant...
99.9% of the images are to me not pin sharp...
All camera settings are 0 except for style is on faithful..
Exposure compensation -2/3rd
Looked at other 30d images and they appear the same as mine so they must be happy but im not i've been considering sending off for calibration and sensor clean..
Could it be a technique or a processing thing..
ANY SUGGESTIONS ..
HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS..
Thanks
Mick.
Hi Mick
I have had my 30d for just over a year and am still learning alot about dslr's and photography in general. I would guess that the lack of sharpness you are seeing is caused by either your post processing parameters or dare I say it equipment vibration/focus point. I started a thread a few weeks ago about sharpening and had some useful replies even if one or too hurt a bit :-). I am also interested in your exposure compensation of -2/3 - do you use this for all shots and metering modes? Arthur Morris does quite a good job of explaining exposure compensation you could try a google for it, it maybe useful.
As I said I am quite new to this myself but am sure some more experienced members of BF will offer you more help.
Good luck
Rhod
PS Here's the link:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=85242
[QUOTE=magpiemick;913489]Hello All,
I've had my 30D for seven months now along with two lens Canon 400L & Canon 1.4x and Sigma 70-200 F2.8 ....
99% of the images appear flat and colours not vibrant...
99.9% of the images are to me not pin sharp...
All camera settings are 0 except for style is on faithful..
Exposure compensation -2/3rd
Looked at other 30d images and they appear the same as mine so they must be happy but im not i've been considering sending off for calibration and sensor clean..
Could it be a technique or a processing thing..
ANY SUGGESTIONS ..
HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS..
Thanks
Mick.[/QUOTE]
Hi Mick, I don't think there is anything wrong with your kit - you have just told the camera not to apply any 'punch' to the image. If you do not want to do any post processing on the images and want to use them straight 'off camera' then you need to change the picture style to reflect your personal taste and/or the subject and tweak the other settings (for example saturation and sharpness) to give results that you are happy with. I use exactly the settings you do but add the 'punch' during post-processing rather than in camera.
Exposure compensation is a more complex subject and the amount to apply, if any, varies with the shooting conditions, that said, always lowering the exposure will under-expose many shots making them dark and often look 'muddy'.
The following has some info on picture styles:
http://web.canon.jp/imaging/picturestyle/index.html