Experts, I need some guidance.
I am new to DSLR, with some studying of the relationship between ISO / Aperture and Speed.
My vacation pictures are much better taken with cellphone than my new 80D.
Appreciate any guidance.
Cellphone - 1/1250 sec. f/1.7 4.25mm, ISO 50
80D
1/100 sec. f/7.1 32mm ISO 100
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As Ernie questioned, what is it you were specifically trying to capture with that photo? The cell phone photo looks very washed out and on the verge of significant overexposure to me (i.e. the striations on the cliff in the upper left of your cell phone photo).
From your chosen DSLR settings it appears you wanted extreme depth of field from around 7 meters to infinity in acceptable focus which means nothing is going to "pop" in that composition unless Bigfoot comes kayaking down the falls wearing a florescent yellow bathing suit with sparklers in each hand and at least to me a lot of the potential scenery isn't adding to the scene so if some of the most extreme close in stuff was slightly blurred in order to sharpen the rest of the image I don't think you are losing anything. Keeping the sensor at its native ISO does result in the greatest dynamic range but I would have chosen a faster shutter speed and lower F stop with most lens unless you are using a tripod because even though you can handhold at those shutter speeds, blur due to camera shake is still very possible at 1/100 even with that wide angle lens. Nothing in the DSLR image looks as sharp as it should since the entire scene should be within acceptable focus given your camera setup.
Can you post some other examples of vacation photos you took at a faster shutter speed? A doubling of shutter speed at these slower speeds greatly reduces the dependence upon the user remaining perfectly frozen. The attached photo was taken 11 years ago in Colorado when I knew that I would be concentrating on keeping my 5 year old daughter entertained and safe instead of putting all my mental focus upon photography so I used a pretty easy setup for most of the hikes on that trip. The photo is from a 1D Mark II with 24-70MM 2.8 lens (30 mm in the attached photo) @ F7.1, 1/200, ISO 100. Shot RAW with very light processing done in DPP. It is certainly nothing special but I chose it because the camera F stop and shutter speed are close to what you used.
Your DSLR can and will provide very good output but there is a very worthwhile learning curve so don't become discouraged. A cellphone camera is like riding the bus where all you have to do is get on and sit back while you have to drive a DSLR but the difference in what you can capture is well worth it.
Rodger
As Ernie questioned, what is it you were specifically trying to capture with that photo? The cell phone photo looks very washed out and on the verge of significant overexposure to me (i.e. the striations on the cliff in the upper left of your cell phone photo).
From your chosen DSLR settings it appears you wanted extreme depth of field from around 7 meters to infinity in acceptable focus which means nothing is going to "pop" in that composition unless Bigfoot comes kayaking down the falls wearing a florescent yellow bathing suit with sparklers in each hand and at least to me a lot of the potential scenery isn't adding to the scene so if some of the most extreme close in stuff was slightly blurred in order to sharpen the rest of the image I don't think you are losing anything. Keeping the sensor at its native ISO does result in the greatest dynamic range but I would have chosen a faster shutter speed and lower F stop with most lens unless you are using a tripod because even though you can handhold at those shutter speeds, blur due to camera shake is still very possible at 1/100 even with that wide angle lens. Nothing in the DSLR image looks as sharp as it should since the entire scene should be within acceptable focus given your camera setup.
Can you post some other examples of vacation photos you took at a faster shutter speed? A doubling of shutter speed at these slower speeds greatly reduces the dependence upon the user remaining perfectly frozen. The attached photo was taken 11 years ago in Colorado when I knew that I would be concentrating on keeping my 5 year old daughter entertained and safe instead of putting all my mental focus upon photography so I used a pretty easy setup for most of the hikes on that trip. The photo is from a 1D Mark II with 24-70MM 2.8 lens (30 mm in the attached photo) @ F7.1, 1/200, ISO 100. Shot RAW with very light processing done in DPP. It is certainly nothing special but I chose it because the camera F stop and shutter speed are close to what you used.
Your DSLR can and will provide very good output but there is a very worthwhile learning curve so don't become discouraged. A cellphone camera is like riding the bus where all you have to do is get on and sit back while you have to drive a DSLR but the difference in what you can capture is well worth it.
Rodger
“I used aperture priority and for most of the scenery pictures tried to keep it above 20. I did not override the speed nor EV.”
Cell phones are good at taking snapshots, which is what these images are. DSLRs capture photographs, which is what cell phones cannot do
