ndavies4
Standard Member
Bought the camera (body only) last Xmas and started using it with a Canon 28-80 USM lens from my old EOS10. Was generally happy but kept thinking everything was in soft focus.
Convinced myself the problem was the lens so after reading various reviews recently splashed out on the Canon 50mm f1.4 USM lens. This has improved things but I'm still not being blown away by the picture quality as I thought I would/should be.
As a test last night: I set the camera to use only the central focusing spot; set it fixed at f1.4; put it on a tripod and pointed it towards a ruler lying at an angle; put the 10cm mark of the ruler at the exact centre of the image; took a shot making sure the central focus point flashed red on the '10' mark.
Resultant image:
You can see that it's actually around the 9.3cm mark that is in focus not the 10cm mark. It would therefore appear that the camera is focusing half a cm or so in front of were it should be!
Can anyone help me with this (am I being stupid?) or is it a case of a dodgy camera and so back to Canon?
Regards,
Neil
Convinced myself the problem was the lens so after reading various reviews recently splashed out on the Canon 50mm f1.4 USM lens. This has improved things but I'm still not being blown away by the picture quality as I thought I would/should be.
As a test last night: I set the camera to use only the central focusing spot; set it fixed at f1.4; put it on a tripod and pointed it towards a ruler lying at an angle; put the 10cm mark of the ruler at the exact centre of the image; took a shot making sure the central focus point flashed red on the '10' mark.
Resultant image:
You can see that it's actually around the 9.3cm mark that is in focus not the 10cm mark. It would therefore appear that the camera is focusing half a cm or so in front of were it should be!
Can anyone help me with this (am I being stupid?) or is it a case of a dodgy camera and so back to Canon?
Regards,
Neil