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

 

[p4pictures]

If you are using Av mode, what aperture did you chose?

At close distance, the depth of field is very limited, so you might need to use f/8 or f/11 even more to get the whole necklace sharp. Doing this makes the camera set a slower shutter speed. 

I would suggest you try shooting in manual exposure with auto ISO, set the aperture to f/11 and shutter speed to 1/60s or more and let the ISO be determined by the camera. If you do that and the results are sharp and as expected then it demonstrates that the settings are sufficient. If the results show noise - a grainy look - then it means a high ISO was chosen, and the only solution to that and keep your shutter and aperture settings is to add more light to your scene.

If you have a tripod, then you can also try Av mode with f/11 and ISO 100. The shutter speed will be determined by the camera and since the camera and jewellery won't move the results should be sharp and clean of noise. The quality and stability of the tripod you use is key here.

[kelsi001]

Guys I am really surprised that you replied and all the comments are really helpful. I am going to try each one's comment and show you the results. You guys are really amazing. I thought it will take days for someone to help and reply. I really really appreciate your help. Thank You all and Thank You Canon Community. 

[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.