Canon R50, RF Macro 35mm f1.8 Jewelry Photography Blurry Photos

[kelsi001]

Dear All,

i am totally new to the professional camera side. I bought Canon R50 plus RF Macro 35mm f1.8 for Jewelry photography. I am on AV mode with 100 ISO and shutter 1/30 but i am not sure why pictures are always blurry. It’s not shaky but blurry like no sharp details at all and i am trying to see if someone can actually help with this. 
Thank You

 

[rs-eos]

Definitely better, but I do notice a blue cast to the image.  Several solutions, though definitely capture in RAW:

1. Try Auto White Balance (AWB)
2. Use a camera preset (or custom Kelvin value) to have the captured image be more neutral.
3. Adjust in post-processing (when using RAW, the white balance is not baked in, so you can easily adjust it)
4. Use a custom white balance.

Beyond that, do you have access to a flash/strobe or continuous light source?  That could help out with adding more specular highlights.

[kelsi001]

I am still working on your comments to get it better, but i have another question. If i am able to return the R50 and have the budget to get R8 or R7. Will it make a difference or i dont need to go that far or i wont see a difference unless its R5 which is out of budget. 

[justadude]

I may have missed it in the replies, but have you tried a shutter delay of 2 seconds on the camera?  I have this same lens, and was using it on my Caon EOS RP for macro work.  The delay made a difference.

I also agree with the others that have mentioned a better contrasting background - it helped in the photos that I had an option to do this with.  

Lighting - try to get some soft side lighting from two different angles.

Another suggestion would be manual focus, but you have to zoom in on the screen to see how well this is working.  That was my preferred method for macro work with this lens.

[kelsi001]

 I returned the 35MM f1.8 and bought 100MM f2.8 Lens and this is the result. Still Canon R50. I think i need to work on lighting. Do you think i should return the R50 and get R8 (Full Frame) or no need to spend more money? 
Thank You all. 

[rs-eos]

Definitely an improvement!  The 100mm f/2.8 will was a nice move.   I wouldn't spend any more money at this point.  The rest will be technique and post-processing.

Attached here is a retouched version of your latest image.  I didn't have to do much (all work done in Photoshop):

1. Healing brush used to remove distracting elements on the background.
2. Applied a Camera RAW filter with the following adjustments:
   • Color Temperature +10 and Tint -8 (used the white balance eye-dropper tool on the background)
   • Blacks -20
   • Texture + 10 and Clarity +10
   • Sharpening + 20

Retouched

[normadel]

Macro autofocusing can be tough. Have you tried manual focus at all? That will tell you if you are too close even for the macro lens.