6D gave me really blurry photos?

[Sophós]

Hello everyone.

I'm posting here hoping to find someone who can help me.

I recently got a 6D mark 2 to shoot my videos and it was all fine. Last night I was asked to take some photos during a meeting but I immediatly saw the lack of quality in all of them. I can't explain this absence of details even in the darkest enviroment or with the slowest shutter...

[Waddizzle]

What lens were you using, and at what focal length?  What were your exposure settings?

Do a web search for " depth of field " and " exposure triangle ".  I think your gear seems fine, BTW.  

Look at how the background in the above photo is WAY out of focus.  That's normal.

[Sophós]

This was taken with a old 70-300mm f/4-5.6, 1/200 F4.5 and ISO 12800 and it was a bright stage.. i never pushed the iso so high honestly

Edit: i got the same problem with my 50mm f/1.8 lense. This was shot in 1/160 F2 ISO 6400

[Waddizzle]

Sorry, I still am not convinced there is anything wrong with your gear.  Explore the web searches that I suggested.

[TTMartin]

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@Sophós wrote:

This was taken with a old 70-300mm f/4-5.6, 1/200 F4.5 and ISO 12800 and it was a bright stage.. i never pushed the iso so high honestly

Edit: i got the same problem with my 50mm f/1.8 lense. This was shot in 1/160 F2 ISO 6400

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Only thing wrong with that photo is you forced the camea to underexpose it.

Increase the ISO and get a proper exposure.

Canon cameras are not 'ISOless' meaning it is better to increase the ISO than try and push the photograph in post processing. 

Instead of ISO 6400 you would have been better off with ISO 12800.

[MikeSowsun]

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TTMartin wrote:

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Sophós wrote:

This was taken with a old 70-300mm f/4-5.6, 1/200 F4.5 and ISO 12800 and it was a bright stage.. i never pushed the iso so high honestly

Edit: i got the same problem with my 50mm f/1.8 lense. This was shot in 1/160 F2 ISO 6400

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The EXIF data says you were shooting with a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 which is generally regarded as one of Canon's worst performing lenses.

That shot was 1/200,  wide open at f/4.5 and135mm, and is actually quite good considering what you have to work with. 

[ivasale]

I get results like this with both my 50mm 1.8 and 100mm 2.8L - it's not their lens. it's something weird with the camera!

[Peter]

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@TTMartin wrote:

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@Sophós wrote:

This was taken with a old 70-300mm f/4-5.6, 1/200 F4.5 and ISO 12800 and it was a bright stage.. i never pushed the iso so high honestly

Edit: i got the same problem with my 50mm f/1.8 lense. This was shot in 1/160 F2 ISO 6400

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Only thing wrong with that photo is you forced the camea to underexpose it.

Increase the ISO and get a proper exposure.

Canon cameras are not 'ISOless' meaning it is better to increase the ISO than try and push the photograph in post processing. 

Instead of ISO 6400 you would have been better off with ISO 12800.

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Both yes and no. Canon sensors  (at least not the latest generation) are ISOless above a certain value. 5DII has the limit above ISO 1600. Just a guess, but I suppose 6D have the limit above 6400.

[ivasale]

But that's not the only thing wrong with the photo - areas on his face and hair look really weird, like digitally smoothed where there wasn't enough light. You might be right about using a higher ISO, but that doesn't change the fact that parts of this photo looks weirdly smudged regardless of how dark or light you adjust it.

[TTMartin]

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@Sophós wrote:

Hello everyone.

I'm posting here hoping to find someone who can help me.

I recently got a 6D mark 2 to shoot my videos and it was all fine. Last night I was asked to take some photos during a meeting but I immediatly saw the lack of quality in all of them. I can't explain this absence of details even in the darkest enviroment or with the slowest shutter...

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That is a fantastic photo. Make an 8" x 10" print of it and give it to the subject. They'll love it!