@AndrewFreiband wrote:
Thanks Bob!
Essentially, looking through the lens, I see "correct" images (clarity, etc.) but as soon as I take an image (or video), and review that picture with a plain eye, the quality seems much less crisp. Any other suggestions?
If the lack of crispness applies to the entire image, I'd suspect that your shutter speed is too low. Check your Exif data and see what speed was used, and if it's slower than 1/100 sec. (or 1/250 sec. on a telephoto lens), try setting a faster speed. How you do that depends on various other camera settings; but if you're knowledgeable enough to use a 5D, you'll know what to do.
The underlying point, of course, is that your eye expects the camera to jiggle around a bit and corrects for it. But the camera, unless it's using an image-stabilized lens, can't do that. So the fact that the image appears sharp in the viewfinder while the resulting image is blurry, supports the idea that camera motion is to blame. (Which doesn't mean that it actually is to blame, but at least it's a place to start.)
You'll notice that I didn't mention video, which is because I know so little about it. But at least in principle, shutter speed could be an issue there too.
Bob
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
