Soft Image R1 + 500L IS ii + 2X IS iii

[DhandaNot]

Why is this image so soft, it is unusable. The light is perfect and the sight too is good. The Focus Point is exactly on the eye but the image is blurred. What am I doing wrong.

[pcs1]

Something else to consider, if you're convinced something is wrong with your camera. These camera's are computers, sometimes they need to be reset. Save your settings and do a full reset, I've needed to do this with both an R5 and R5II, some software conflict but not traceble.

If this does not help contact your local Canon service centre.

[DhandaNot]

I did give my gear to the service center. It so happens that the technician there said focus is fine and no service or calibration is needed. When asked why these images are not in focus. He said it could be due to dust on the contacts.

It is my understanding now that the camera AF is not as great as I would like it to be and camera just misses the focus, while it thinks it has got it.

I have to figure out what I should do when the camera starts behaving like this in the field. May be remove battery and put it back.

I also find that the camera is unable to focus on macro subjects when I use a Point Focus (with padlock)

[jrhoffman75]

I wouldn’t believe dust on the contacts. System is designed that contacts wipe as lens is installed.

[Waddizzle]

“ It is my understanding now that the camera AF is not as great as I would like it to be and camera just misses the focus, while it thinks it has got it.

I have to figure out what I should do when the camera starts behaving like this in the field. May be remove battery and put it back.”

There is noting wrong with the camera, as reported y Canon.  There is nothing wrong with the lens.   IT is your sweeties.], which you refuse to change.

You have been repeatedly advised on what to do.  You disagreed with the advice.

You need to slow down your frame rate.  The lens is not capable of going faster than 15fps.  This is the BIG one, but not the only one.

[DhandaNot]

As per Canon the lens I am using EF 500L IS ii is tripod aware and hence leaving IS on it not a problem.  IS can also be On when shooting with a bean bag on the car window or using Monopod or tripod with Gimbal. These are the different options I shoot.

I do agree with you that the lens will not be able to support high fps. I am already using only 20- 30 fps and not 40 that the R1 supports. I will crank it down further.

Canon on the IS:

Canon has stated that the big white super-telephoto IS II lenses (300mm f/2.8L IS II, 400mm f/2.8L IS II, 500mm f/4L IS II, 600mm f/4L IS II) include:

✔ “Tripod Detection IS”

The lens detects:

• When vibrations are extremely low

• When it is mounted on a tripod or a monopod

• When only micro-vibrations (mirror slap, shutter shock, wind) are present

In this situation, the lens automatically enters a special mode that suppresses only those small vibrations without introducing IS “wobble.”

Meaning:
You can leave IS on when the lens is on a tripod, and it will generally behave correctly.

[jrhoffman75]

If the R1 behaves like the R6M2, which I would assume, the camera will automatically drop to a lower frames per second if the lens can’t support the setting. You would see the multi shot icon flashing. 
Even though the lens should be tripod aware it only takes a quick switch change to definitively answer the question. 

[Waddizzle]

I see you are still picking and choosing what you are willing to do and not do.  That’s unfortunate,

No native RF mount lenses can keep up.  That’s no opinion. It’s a documented fact from the Supplementary Information Guide. There’s a link to the Guide in every R Series manual now.  This is from the original R5.  Same lenses.

 

Good luck.   

[Waddizzle]

Correction; No EF mount lenses can keep up with the high frame rates.

Others have been reporting that the camera(s) are capable of slowing down the frame rate for lenses that cannot keep up with the highest speeds.

That may be true. I don’t set the frame rate higher than what the lens is capable of.  But I suspect that the lens model in use may have nothing to do with it.

 The advanced DSLRs had a setting that doesn’t seem to have been carried over to the MILC R Series. The setting is called SHUTTER PRIORITY. There were seperate settings for One Shot AF and Servo AF.  The One Shot setting was carried on, but not the Servo settings.

I always kept the Servo settings set for Focus. This setting makes the camera wait for a focus lock before it fired the shutter.  During a burst, you could sometimes hear the shutter slowing down between shots, or speeding back up. My hit rates were over 95%. 

I suspect the setting has been removed from the menu, and the firmware setup to always use Focus.

Just the same, I would never use the 40 fps frame rates with a lens designed for use with cameras that topped out at 15 fps, especially with all the other advanced AF features enabled.  It’s pretty obvious that’s a recipe for problems.

[pcs1]

From the R1 manual:

[DhandaNot]

I thank folks for the suggestions and info shared here. I had seen the Multi-Shot icon flashing on my R6 when I had used it with the old 300L F2.8 IS lens. That gave me an impression that the camera pulls the FPS down to match what the lens is capable of doing. I felt that even if the fps is set higher the gear will go down to what it can achieve and manage. I do think now that keeping it down would really help and higher fps could be the real problem that I see.

I have used the 500L F4 IS ii with my R6 which can do 20 fps on electronic shutter. I felt the lens was able to cope. But it seems 12 to 15 fps is what the EF lenses are designed for but as per my experience the combo was able to do 20 fps with ease..

I will certainly brig down the FPS on my R1 to match with the capability of EF lenses I use. I had set it to 20-30, but I will now keep it 10-20 range. If 20 does not work I will bring it down to 12-15.

I will also set the image priority to focus and check out what difference I see. Currently my camera is set for equal priority.

I have talked to other Canon experts and they all have suggested that AF point / zone to start could be small but whole area tracking must be kept On as that is the main strength of R1. Also the eye detection is strongly recommended to be On. Once the camera finds the subject the whole tracking allows it to do that in that action scene when the subject and the camera both are moving.