help? photography problem.. im pretty sure the masters can help.

[CrasHBURN]

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mark: heheh... mao gyud... my 70-200L is a bit front focus, i think kani ra ako ipa calibrate... kay naka tangag ra ni pirme sa 30D, which my 30D bago bago lang ni na calibrate pag June... i think dili kay ako ra nag problema ani, try to test daw imo pud

[agoroy]

more sample pix...pero I think not all my pix has soft image...photo guru's please help...
[img width=500 height=333]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/yatakitumbi/IMG_3233.jpg[/img]
Settings:
Flash used: Yes (manual, red eye reduction mode)
Focal length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 81mm)
CCD width: 22.20mm
Exposure time: 0.067 s (1/15)
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

[img width=500 height=333]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/yatakitumbi/IMG_3341.jpg[/img]
Flash used: Yes (manual, red eye reduction mode)
Focal length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 81mm)
CCD width: 22.20mm
Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40)
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

i think the sampled photo is not as blurred as you meant to be.
maybe there's slight misfocused but in general it's quite ok.

i forgot exactly what pages in the manual, but Canon itself suggest that you
have to apply certain amount of USM(unsharp mask) on the post in order to mimic a certain sharpness that you're expecting.

try applying unsharp mask with the following values:

Amount: 150 - 230%
radius: 0.3-4 pixels
threshold: 0

Unsharp Mask is a feature available to Photoshop since version 2.5
am not sure with Elements.

the above settings is for photoshop only.

[yatakitumbi]

thanks jags...follow your setting in cs2...

1st pix edited in cs2, 2nd pix no manipulation
[img width=500 height=375]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/yatakitumbi/Sample2.jpg[/img]
settings:
1/80 f/4 ISO 400 - 50mm 1.8 lens

[CrasHBURN]

thanks jags...follow your setting in cs2...

1st pix edited in cs2, 2nd pix no manipulation
[img width=500 height=375]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/yatakitumbi/Sample2.jpg[/img]
settings:
1/80 f/4 ISO 400 - 50mm 1.8 lens

looking at the resized photos... i don't see any problem here... its f/4 so small back-focus wont affect... and yes, the 50mm 1.8 II is sharp at 2.8 down...

[yatakitumbi]

that means okay lang my lens? or the probs is not visible on f/2.8 down...or because the lens is not high quality...hehe pasensya na im new to this thing...

another sample pix...
[img width=333 height=500]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/1929272623_1d3cc3cb8f_b.jpg[/img]
1/80 f/3.5 ISO400[br]Posted on: November 10, 2007, 07:24:15 PM_________________________________________________f ound this at flickr by alasfair.leung
[img width=500 height=468]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/1584208514_3547cfd0ff_o.jpg[/img]
"Just a quick example of stopping down that oh-so-loved 50 prime. It's not a real world example, however it does give you a rough idea of the potential! These are all 100% center crops. f/1.8 may *look* fairly soft, but realize that this is VERY fine *eyelash like* detail from a bill. " - alasfair.leung