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Blurry photos with Canon 70-200 2.8 EF

MsKT74
Contributor

I am trying to use my 70-200 telephoto at continuous shooting and getting burry images. I even upped the ISO to allow for faster shutter speed to capture motion. Here are my settings and photo. iso640 100mm 2.8 3200 sp

 

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rs-eos
Elite

Are you saying you're in continuous shooting mode? I think what is happening is that you and/or the subjects are moving while you're taking the photos?

I would first go back to using single shot (one shot).  Having your subjects pose while you are stationary and try that.   Are you able to achieve good results?  If so, then explore using other techniques where your subjects are now moving.

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Ricky

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jrhoffman75
Legend
Legend

Welcome.

The xxx49 image the subjects appear stationary. Your shutter speed was 1/1600. Should be razor sharp.

Did you shoot RAW? Could you post an out of camera RAW or JPEG (if that's all you have) to Dropbox or One Drive?

Could you clarify shooting conditions - continuous shooting or continuous focus? One Shot or AI Servo?

If AI Servo are you waiting a second or two to allow camera to acquire focus?

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

1D X Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic

I'm happy to send you the raw files (I do shoot in raw). Even the stationary posed ones are blurry. Maybe I wasn't holding it as tight as I should...

Unless you were waving the camera around 1/1600 should overcome any camera shake. 

John Hoffman
Conway, NH

1D X Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic

Yes please, share some raw files. Google drive, Dropbox, Wetransfer etc.

Tronhard
VIP
VIP

How do you hold your camera? 
Do you hold it to your eye with arms tucked in, or do you hold it like a cell phone - at arms' length?


cheers, TREVOR

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wq9nsc
Elite
Elite

What AF setting were you using, one shot perhaps?  If you are shooting continuous frame mode then AF must be on servo to continue tracking moving subjects.

At that shutter speed, you would have to try pretty hard to make camera shake create that type of blur.

Rodger

EOS 1DX M3, 1DX M2, 1DX, 5DS R, M6 Mark II, 1D M2, EOS 650 (film), many lenses, XF400 video

Waddizzle
Legend
Legend

Yes, please try to post a RAW file as others have [suggested]. I would be curious to know what camera body you are using, AF mode, AF Points, etc.

At first glance it looks like camera motion blur, to me, because the entire image is uniformly OOF..  Were you walking backwards while capturing the photos?  Does this happen with any other lenses?

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One more thing.  What is the black object appearing at the bottom of the images?

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