10-25-2025
08:21 PM
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10-26-2025
08:29 AM
by
James_C
I bought my new canon R6Mark2 with RF24-105 f/4 from Japan recently and shoot my first set of photos. However, the blurriness of the out-of-focus area appears to be very weird. Here are some examples:
I know some of the subjects are out-of-focus, but the blurriness of those out-of-focus area is very weird to me. It looks like abnormal fringe/ghosting. I just want to know if it is normal or something wrong with my lens/camera.
I know someone might argue those photos are processed, yes, I used LRC to edit some colors, but even before editing, those fringe/ghosting are already there.
I saved as RAW, so not a compression problem.
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10-26-2025 10:57 AM
"...the blurriness of the out-of-focus area appears to be very weird."
I don't see anything in focus. You were likely too close.
10-26-2025 11:11 AM
When I use a lens with a macro feature, occasionally I find that I have moved a little too close to my subject. This blurriness looks a lot like what I got when I get too close to a subject. Not sure if that's the case here. I generally shoot at several apertures to compare sharpness usually starting with around an f8 to f16. To me, it does not look like a lens issue, but that's just my observation.
10-26-2025 03:45 AM - edited 10-26-2025 03:49 AM
Would you mind sharing the raw files? About the flower it looks like a result of chromatic aberration removal.
10-26-2025 06:37 AM
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10-26-2025 10:57 AM
"...the blurriness of the out-of-focus area appears to be very weird."
I don't see anything in focus. You were likely too close.
10-26-2025 11:11 AM
When I use a lens with a macro feature, occasionally I find that I have moved a little too close to my subject. This blurriness looks a lot like what I got when I get too close to a subject. Not sure if that's the case here. I generally shoot at several apertures to compare sharpness usually starting with around an f8 to f16. To me, it does not look like a lens issue, but that's just my observation.
10-26-2025 02:30 PM
I think you are right. I did some extra test today, please see the image attached:
I think the reason is simply when I am too close to the subject, the depth of focus is too small, and those area became normally out-of-focus, not something about ghosting or artifacts. When I decreasing the aperture, the "weird" blurriness went back to normal. So, the "ghosting" is only the matter of out-of-focus, not some algorithm defects or lens defects.
It is my first time to shoot a macro feature, so a good way to learn. Now I know I should leave the aperture a little smaller for macro. Thank you!
10-26-2025 02:32 PM
yes, you are right. Please see my reply to MPBACK. Thank you for answering!
10-27-2025 10:17 AM
The Canon RF24-105mm f/4 lens is not a true macro lens. That makes a huge difference.
11-05-2025 10:03 AM
In addition to the other replies, I noticed that Ernie correctly said that it was not a true macro, but nobody mentioned the closest focusing distance with this lens. So for future reference next time you want to shoot something close, keep the following spec in mind...
11/20/2025: New firmware updates are available.
EOS R6 Mark III - Version 1.0.1
EOS R5 Mark II - Version 1.2.0
PowerShot G7 X Mark III - Version 1.4.0
PowerShot SX740 HS - Version 1.0.2
10/15/2025: New firmware updates are available.
Speedlite EL-5 - Version 1.2.0
Speedlite EL-1 - Version 1.1.0
Speedlite Transmitter ST-E10 - Version 1.2.0
07/24/2025: New firmware updates are available.
07/23/2025: New firmware updates are available.
7/17/2025: New firmware updates are available.
02/20/2025: New firmware updates are available.
RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM Z - Version 1.0.6
RF24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z - Version 1.0.9
RF100-300mm F2.8 L IS USM - Version 1.0.8
RF50mm F1.4 L VCM - Version 1.0.2
RF24mm F1.4 L VCM - Version 1.0.3
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