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Some weird blurriness for EOS R6 Mark II with RF24-105 f/4

daikekiller
Apprentice

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:

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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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ebiggs1
Legend
Legend

"...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.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.

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MPBACK
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

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.

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Peter
Authority
Authority

Would you mind sharing the raw files? About the flower it looks like a result of chromatic aberration removal.

jrhoffman75
Legend
Legend

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John Hoffman
Conway, NH

R6 Mark II, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic

ebiggs1
Legend
Legend

"...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.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.

MPBACK
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

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.

I think you are right. I did some extra test today, please see the image attached:

Screenshot 2025-10-26 at 11.26.40 AM.jpg

 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!

yes, you are right. Please see my reply to MPBACK. Thank you for answering!

ebiggs1
Legend
Legend

The Canon RF24-105mm f/4 lens is not a true macro lens. That makes a huge difference.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.

justadude
Whiz
Whiz

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...

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Gary
Lake Michigan Area MI

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