12-12-2022 09:52 AM
Hi All,
I would really like some help troubleshooting some focusing issues I am having with my brand new R7. I have an EF-EOS R mount that I use with Canon 24-105f4, Canon 70-200f2.8 and Sigma 100-400f5. I mostly enjoy landscape and wildlife photography. I have been shooting with a 7dmii for years, and changing to mirrorless has been a hard transition for me. I have taken hundreds of pictures, and they all come out of focus and with a ton of noise, sometimes even at 200 ISO. I have read tons of articles and watched a million youtube videos.
If someone could guide me on the best systematic way to troubleshoot this, I would be grateful. I am certain that it is something I am doing.
12-12-2022 12:24 PM
Using ISO 200 should be fairly clean. Please post a sample photo that includes EXIF data.
12-12-2022 12:58 PM
12-13-2022 06:00 AM
I do not see anything wrong with your camera. What I do see is too slow of a shutter speed, for the focal length in use, being used at near macro distances to the subject.
These shots require a VERY steady hand or a tripod. A faster shutter is highly recommended.
12-12-2022 01:03 PM
I hope that this helps us!
12-12-2022 03:20 PM - edited 12-12-2022 03:35 PM
Greetings,
What you have here is an image with subject that exists in the foreground, middle and background of the photo. It looks like the camera or you, is focusing at the center of the photo Asparagus Fern. You are shooting at f4. Wide open for this lens. This means objects in your foreground and background will not be in absolute sharp focus. This is depth of field. Try shooting at f6.3 or better f8 which should bring the areas in front and in back of your main subject into sharper focus. Note your ISO will increase as well if lighting is low.
The noise aspect will be hard to diagnose over the internet.
~Rick
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at f8 still out of focus
12-13-2022 06:36 AM
@Austinbat wrote:Hi All,
I would really like some help troubleshooting some focusing issues I am having with my brand new R7. I have an EF-EOS R mount that I use with Canon 24-105f4, Canon 70-200f2.8 and Sigma 100-400f5. I mostly enjoy landscape and wildlife photography. I have been shooting with a 7dmii for years, and changing to mirrorless has been a hard transition for me. I have taken hundreds of pictures, and they all come out of focus and with a ton of noise, sometimes even at 200 ISO. I have read tons of articles and watched a million youtube videos.
If someone could guide me on the best systematic way to troubleshoot this, I would be grateful. I am certain that it is something I am doing.
Sometimes, with something new, we get very attentive and critical to things. If you didn’t sell/trade the 7D Mark II I suggest you use both cameras under the same conditions and compare results.
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