topic Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

Is this vignetting on SX60HS

nhrdls12 — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:21:32 GMT

I have noticed that when camera focal length shows 4mm, I always get rounded corners. Is there anything I can do to avoid it.

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

diverhank — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:35:13 GMT

Try removing the hood?

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

kvbarkley — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:35:31 GMT

It is vignetting, but not the vignetting everyone usually talks about. Typically vignetting is about 1 stop, yours looks like about 12. 8^) This looks to be a lens misalignment that is allowing the lens image circle to be visible. I think you need to send it for repair. Do you have anything on the lens like a hood or third party adapter?

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

nhrdls12 — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:41:30 GMT

The lense does not have a hood. What I have noticed by checking JPEG exif data is it happens only when focal length is 4MM. I don't see this effect in any other time.

Do I still need to send camera for repair?

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

kvbarkley — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:52:55 GMT

That is the wide end. Clearly something is misaligned and might be preventing you from getting all the way to 3.8 mm, I would send it in.

Or call Canon. Maybe it is normal for this camera, but I doubt it.

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

TTMartin — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:53:54 GMT

@nhrdls12 wrote:
The lense does not have a hood. What I have noticed by checking JPEG exif data is it happens only when focal length is 4MM. I don't see this effect in any other time.

Do I still need to send camera for repair?

Do you have a 'protective filter' on the lens?

If so remove that.

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

Toddg — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 02:24:24 GMT

This is not Vignetting. It is caused by the wide angle lens and the end of the lens itself. To correct this, zoom in just a bit (try 6 mm or 8 mm). This will usually correct the shot. Anytime I have my macro lens on my camera, and I shoot a wide shot, this happens as well.

Re: Is this vignetting on SX60HS

Waddizzle — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:34:30 GMT

It doesn't look like vignetting to me. The "event horizon" of an image circle is usually not that clean and defined.