@pliu wrote:
I just got a Rebel T6 from Canon's Refurbished Online store. The images are coming out blurry, although they look clear in the viewfinder and in Live View. No settings have been changed, and I have reset all of the settings just to be sure. The lens is on autofocus mode, and I have tried switching it back and forth from AF to MF and this does not seem to help. I've tried the camera body with different lenses and different SD cards, and the images still turn out blurry. I also tried the lens with a different camera body, and those pictures turn out fine so it is something to do with the camera body. The lens seems to be autofocusing fine (with beeps and lights), but the images look way blurrier than what I see in the viewfinder.
Thanks
It could be motion blur. One way to confirm or deny that possibility would be to put the camera on a tripod. Make sure that you're in a room with sufficient light, or outdoors on a sunny day. I'd put the camea into P mode. Set the drive mode to a two second delay on the shutter. Half press the shutter for it to autofocus, and take a picture.
How the focus might look in the viewfinder to your eye, might look very different and out of focus to someone else's eye. That's why the viewfinders have diopter adjustments. So, I wouldn't put a whole lot of weight behind comparing the viewfinder to the saved shot. People look through my viewfinder, and they see a blurry shot, despite getting an AF confirmation. They take a shot, and it is razor sharp. My diopter is set to -3. I have bad eyes, and wear eyeglasses.
Trying a different camera body with the lens was good test to distinguish between a lens problem and a camera problem. Your test makes it seem as if the problem stays with the camera body. You say that the camera does beep and lock focus, which raises the question of which AF point is locking focus. Don't let the camera select an AF point.
The camera can be set to always use the center AF point, which is the most sensitive and accurate AF point that it has. Take a few test shots in good lighting conditions, both on and off a tripod if possible, with the center AF point active and the camera in P mode. If your saved shots are still out of focus, then your camera's AF system is suspect. You could have something out of alignment, and it needs to be professionally checked and calibrated. It's under warranty, then let Canon take a look at it.
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