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04/25/2011 12:51:12 PM · #1 |
Interestingly enough I was having this problem this weekend trying to photograph an empty room. Adjusted to the middle focus point, shot the shot and it was all OOF. I have two questions:
1) When you zoom in on the preview LCD, should it be in focus if the shot was in focus? (or is the preview pic too low resolution?)
2) Can someone post those old focus-test links? I guess they are gone after 3-4 years |
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04/25/2011 01:13:52 AM · #2 |
I assume you are using auto focus, so this may not apply to all, but just in case ... If you're using these manual focus lenses will not be the diopter has been re-adjusted, so you think you are looking for a clear lens, and in fact, it's out of focus?
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04/18/2011 12:28:57 PM · #3 |
| Did you ever get a good answer in regards to the 30D focusing problem? I have a client who buys lenses from me. I sold her a lens when she first bought her 30D and everything was sharp as a tack. She came to me today thinking she was having a lens problem, but I tried different lenses and also her lens on my T2i and realized the problem was with her 30D. Everything comes out blurry. I told her she should get it checked out. Not a bad idea to get the sensors cleaned, but I'd be surprised if that was the problem. |
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03/27/2010 05:33:05 PM · #4 |
| well, yea, then there's *that* (I have that problem too. Most commonly, my subject is a blurry mess, but my background is sharp as a tack. oops) |
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03/27/2010 05:28:11 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by karmat:
I've had my 30D for almost 2 years (I think), have shot in excess of 20K (maybe in excess of 50K) pictures and haven't had a problem. And that was after buying it used.
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Ah, That's the answer, you didn't buy a New one:))
I'm joking really, I had 2 Canon 30Ds over a couple of years and I never had a focusing problem. Just a problem focusing:)) But then I often have this problem!
Message edited by author 2010-03-27 17:29:30. |
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03/27/2010 05:26:37 PM · #6 |
I've had my 30D for almost 2 years (I think), have shot in excess of 20K (maybe in excess of 50K) pictures and haven't had a problem. And that was after buying it used.
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03/27/2010 05:18:27 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by karmat:
(just a hint for anyone caught off guard like I was -- there is an almost 2.5 year gap between the last two posts)
:P |
Thanks:) I nearly went out to buy a 30D, in fact I did buy one a couple of years ago! I'll give it 2.5 years more before I buy another, to give Canon a chance to sort out the problem, or perhaps they will just ignore it like Toyota:)) |
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03/27/2010 05:11:46 PM · #8 |
(just a hint for anyone caught off guard like I was -- there is an almost 2.5 year gap between the last two posts)
:P |
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03/27/2010 04:44:05 PM · #9 |
I personally find the 30D to deliver a softer focus compared to other cameras. I have used a 5D which is obviously more advanced, but since I bought a used 30D I can´t deliver a strict judgment about a new one. Perhaps my used 30D needs adjustment? Still, I can get a very decent focus from it. With the EOS 30D you have to take special care of focus while shooting, which is not a bad practice for me at all, specially since I tend to forget about that while shooting with other cameras. It just make me more aware of this issue and it produces good results in the end.
I shoot through a Sigma DG 28-70mm 1:2.8 EX lens using Standard Picture Style in the camera for getting a nice detail without too much aberration on the edges and whenever possible I use lower ISO settings (being ISO 100 the best of all of course for eliminating noise). Then, I always go to Photoshop or Lightroom and apply the basic sharpening tools every photographer should apply to obtain better looking images as a standard.
Don´t be afraid of the 30D´s focus capabilities, just make the proper pre and post adjustments and keep in mind it does belong in an older generation compared to new Canon´s flagship models. Good shots! |
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11/28/2007 12:57:11 PM · #10 |
Hate to drudge up an old thread, but I, too, was having some focusing issues with my 30D...very frustrating shooting weddings with it when I wound up messing up "the shot" because it was out of focus!
However, I did find the one thing that saved it all:
On your menu, go to Custom Function 4, and set it to option 3, AE/AF, no AE lock. This moves the focus button to the back right button (the one that chooses the focus point).
This has, so far, solved 95% of my problem. I only have to remember to use that button to focus and NOT the shutter button, but once it\'s pushed, you don't have to refocus every time for the same scene. |
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07/15/2007 05:03:57 PM · #11 |
the problem I seem to have with my photos is that it looks brilliantly sharp when the subject is close to the cam, but when I want a full-body portrait (so I take a bigger distance between the subject and the cam), the focus seems to be OR behind the subject, or out of focus in whole (no sharp bit on the photo). This happens with apertures from F8 till F3.something. I focus on the subject and shoot right after that, without re-composing.
Is this my fault, am I doing something wrong?
Message edited by author 2007-07-15 17:04:31. |
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07/15/2007 05:00:05 PM · #12 |
I sort of read threw the thread, has anyone asked the OP what modes are being used? Auto/Program or one of the useful ones? What Focus Mode; Single shot/AIAF/AIServo? Center Focus point only or all 9 focus Points?
In the early days I blamed most of my sharpness, back focus and other issues on camera and the kit lens. Only to find none of those were at fault. It was how I had it set up (in cam), how I shot it and some times because of the not so quality glass I got talked in to.
I got a buddy at work getting stellar shots out of his 30D (he's had it for 3 weeks coming from a peashooter) with a kit lens and a 70-200mm 4L. What is he doing different than I? Well he is skipping budget glass (like I went through), Never uses auto/program mode, Shoots Single Shot Focus mode with Center Focus point only and tweaked his in cam settings to what he liked.
Message edited by author 2007-07-15 17:01:56. |
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07/15/2007 04:58:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Dragonheart:
I had decided to buy a Canon 30D camera, but after reading all these posts and information gained from others I now am very undecided. It appears that the 30D has focus problems. |
Nonsense. |
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07/15/2007 04:45:02 PM · #14 |
Not directed at the OP
Applies to most dSLRs
Tweak a few settings and you got a peashooter...
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07/15/2007 04:34:49 PM · #15 |
I had the 30D and used it with the 18-55 kit lens, 28-135 IS and the Sigma 70-300 APO and it never focused as sharp as the 300D. I believe I have mentioned this before. I wanted sharp focus straight from camera, and never got it using default settings...that's why I sold it got the Pentax k100D, soon to be superceded by the K10D.
The Pentax K100D is sharp straight from camera! |
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07/15/2007 04:19:54 PM · #16 |
I had decided to buy a Canon 30D camera, but after reading all these posts and information gained from others I now am very undecided. It appears that the 30D has focus problems. I have also heard from others that the camera has shutter problems requiring expensive shutter repair/replacement.
Since I will be using the camera in business I will be making thousands of a activations per year and need a camera that will not cause me grief. Any comments on the Nikon 80D as an alternative? |
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04/02/2007 12:19:49 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by whatsthatbeeping:
Tonight I setup a control shoot with lighting and used f40 through to f5.6 e the images f |
You did leave off the little "." between the 4 and 0 didn't you?
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04/01/2007 10:44:23 PM · #18 |
Hi!
I have been having the same problem with my 30D. I am South African now working in Taiwan. I bought my 30D here and after finding that my photos are very soft and sometimes a bit out of focus, I went back to the dealer to ask him about it. He told me that he had sold about 50 30D's in the past and have had no complaints. I then spoke to a few professional photographers in South Africa who also have 30D's and they have been experiencing the same problem. What can we do now? I have two lenses that I always carry with me and that I use most frequently, a 17-40mm f/4L USM and 70-200 f/4 L USM. I doubt that there is anything wrong with my lenses as they function flawlessly in my film camera. I am so frustrated by now that I want to sell my 30D and buy a 5D. I would however like to get my 30D working properly, what can I do? Send it to Canon for testing?
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Dirk Brand |
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08/01/2006 08:48:58 PM · #19 |
Hey, just following the last little jack, but would it be possible for anyone here to take a pic of that Diopter wheel and post it here?
Mine doesn't seem to be able to line up that white line with the tick mark and I am only 90% sure that I'm doing it right.
thanks |
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07/31/2006 10:37:46 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Cillewaet:
I am having troubles with focus with my Canon 30D but 50 of the time my photo turns out clear. However when I look through the view finder everything looks fuzzy all the time. I have tried different lenses but nothing has worked. It makes manual focusing very hard and the AF is now very hit and miss.
This problem started after I had the camera only two weeks. can anybody suggest something to fix it or even what the cause of this might be? |
teh diopter is teh little lever like thing by the viewfinder where you look. it can be adjusted for your eyesight - and can easily be bumped.
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07/31/2006 10:28:51 PM · #21 |
Sorry, I didn't read the entire thread... but I did notice one mention of a method for testing your lens. Here is another:
//www.hkdotnet.com/FrancisPhotographyChannel/AF_Test/index.htm
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07/31/2006 08:55:00 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Cillewaet:
I am having troubles with focus with my Canon 30D but 50 of the time my photo turns out clear. However when I look through the view finder everything looks fuzzy all the time. I have tried different lenses but nothing has worked. It makes manual focusing very hard and the AF is now very hit and miss.
This problem started after I had the camera only two weeks. can anybody suggest something to fix it or even what the cause of this might be? |
It's the diopter adjustment. |
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07/31/2006 08:44:47 PM · #23 |
I am having troubles with focus with my Canon 30D but 50 of the time my photo turns out clear. However when I look through the view finder everything looks fuzzy all the time. I have tried different lenses but nothing has worked. It makes manual focusing very hard and the AF is now very hit and miss.
This problem started after I had the camera only two weeks. can anybody suggest something to fix it or even what the cause of this might be? |
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06/20/2006 03:32:07 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by MattO:
You guys are worrying me a bit. I just sold all of my Olympus dSLR system which was fault/worry free, and order 3k worth of Canon stuff including a new 30D. hmmm I'm biting my fingernails now wondering if I did the right thing.
MattO |
Don't worry. I had a HS senior shoot today - 269 captures, and all seem perfect. Well..the ones i didn't blow out rying to get teh fill flash and hot sun to behave, and you can ignore the one in the studio where the camera was on high speed drive mode..who knew studio strobes couldn't recycle 5 times a second? ;)
i can't post any from today...one is my entry in Bokeh. A ribbon worthy entry if i ever had one. Damn the trolls, full drive mode ahead.
or something like that.
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06/20/2006 03:28:34 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by dahkota:
I have a 30D with a problem but a different one - my switch doesn't work to allow me to shoot manual (I can't adjust my aperture). I have only taken 1200 shots in the two weeks I've had it so I'm not quite where you are yet. It has to go to service anyway - I MUST have manual mode.
I also have the 70-300IS. It completely sucks in portrait mode. Canon states they will decide what to do at the end of June but I think I will send it with my camera anyway. The lens though, in landscape mode is extremely sharp and reliable.
I have had no focus issues with the camera otherwise. Even in low light it performs well. (knock lots of wood here!)
Good luck with figuring it out and post to let us know what happens. |
the lens you have has known issues in portrait mode. do soem web searchign and you'll see.
for manual - put the on/off/- button on the back on the LINE - and the dial then adjusts aperture, the thumbwheel the shutter speed. if you don't move the button to the line then the wheel is turned off and won't adjust anything.
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