EOS R10 photos coming out blurry

[Emmaa]

Hi, question. I bought a Canon r10 but the pictures are awful. looks good on the LCD display but on computer or phone they look horrible. zooming in on the picture.. oh god catastrophic! I use the triangle i have learned and I try different lights, A etc but it's awful. I'm going on vacation next week and would love to have my camera with me but i don't want now due to not sharp photos, blurry and not fun when it do that.

how can I make the pictures sharp? I have looked on soooooo many videos, read so many times about settings, the manual etc but nothing 😞

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Please use a file sharing service and post some full resolution RAW images that exhibit this behavior.  This should allow us to evaluate and determine the cause.  

[deebatman316]

Can you post an example picture in the forum with metadata attached. What model are you shooting in. What is the ambient lighting conditions like.

[ebiggs1]

Samples, samples and samples.

"I have looked on soooooo many videos, read so many times about settings,..."

Yup I bet you have and now you are totally confused. Here is what you do. First stop trying to overthink the situation and the camera. The camera is smarter than you might know. Stop using M mode as a matter of fact almost never use M mode. Set your camera to P mode. Set ISO to 400. Now try some shots on some nice days outdoors. Lets get some good stuff under your belt first. Oh make sure you use One shot and set the lens to AF. For beginners don't use any auto focus assist settings as they  usually cause more problems than they fix.

Now show us those samples.

[stevet1]

Emmaa,

When you wrote, "but on computer or phone they look horrible. zooming in on the picture....", it got me thinking.

It's possible that you are trying to zoom in too much and what you are seeing is a pixelated photo. If it looks good on your LCD screen, it should look good on your computer screen.

Try not zooming in as much, and see if that makes a difference.

Steve Thomas

[zakslm]

Emmaaa,

Forgive for assuming this, but are you overthinking or overbaking your aperture, shutter speed and ISO decisons based on all of learning and information you've consumed to date?  If so, that may be contributing to your problem.

Have you tried using the camera in P or A+ mode with Auto ISO set where the camera makes all or most of the decisions based based on the shooting conditions and lighting and the lens attached to the camera?  If not, give them a try and see if your results improve.  Then look at what the settings were for the "keepers" and use those setting as a starting point when feel comfortable enough to gradually start taking control of the camera settings yourself and use Av, Tv, M and manually setting ISO.  I learned that I'm not smarter than the engineers, designers and experienced photographers that designed the programs that run the P and A+ modes as well as the other technology and firmware running various functions and features the camera.  Hopefully you'll see a difference in your results when you delegate some of the decision making to the camera and can concentrate on other aspects of the photo.

With your vacation so near, perhaps using the automated modes of the camera may enable you to enjoy your vacation and enjoy using your camera (and maybe lower your stress level)?  Then when you're back home and the pressure's off, you can again immerse yourself in learning how to best use the creative and manual settings of your camera to knock it out of the park on your next vacation.  

Also, if you haven't done so already, take a look at some of the content that Simon d'Entremont https://www.youtube.com/@simon_dentremont posts on Youtube.  Not only is his content glib and informative, he's very good at explaining how to use the camera's functions and features to achieve better results.  His photos are stunning as well.  Some of his topics seem to address and offer solutions for common frustrations you and other photographers experience.  I learned alot from his videos and you may benefit as well.

Good luck!

LZ

[ebiggs1]

"Also, if you haven't done so already, take a look at some of the content that Simon d'Entremont ..."

Emmaa,

At this point I would strongly urge the OP to stop using Youtube and just do the simple stuff and get some good shots down. Further Youtubeing is just overload and that is not needed at this point.

[jrhoffman75]

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@Emmaa wrote:

Hi, question. I bought a Canon r10 but the pictures are awful. looks good on the LCD display but on computer or phone they look horrible. zooming in on the picture.. oh god catastrophic! I use the triangle i have learned and I try different lights, A etc but it's awful. I'm going on vacation next week and would love to have my camera with me but i don't want now due to not sharp photos, blurry and not fun when it do that.

how can I make the pictures sharp? I have looked on soooooo many videos, read so many times about settings, the manual etc but nothing 😞

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Set the camera to P mode and go outside midday and take a photo of your home. Is it coming out OK? Don't try to outsmart your camera.