04-16-2012, 10:55 AM
[quote name='dave's clichés' timestamp='1334567712' post='17536']
Hi, I've just been browsing your photos and to be honest they look pretty good to me! You don't state what exposure/aperture they were taken at. The lens looks well centered, very slight softness equally at the left and right edges but without at least the knowing the aperture it's difficult to make constructive comment.Maybe they lack a bit of "pop" but then there's distance haze that reduces the contrast.
Are they processed from RAW files or are they JPGs direct from the camera? To me,a bit of extra contrast dialed in with a bit of sharpening and your not far away,it's only the standard kit lens after all! I'm looking at a small part of them on a 82cm screen which is fairly demanding,maybe if you could post a photo from when you thought it was performing Ok. I've heard stories of general wear when used a lot over a period of time. I think more info is needed.
Dave's clichés
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. These were taken at f/8 - my usual for shots where I want a range of things in focus. 50mm focal length, ISO 200, 1/320s. I save RAW + Fine Jpeg and this is the fine JPEG straight from the camera. The RAW doesn't look a lot better.
I thought it was background haze too initially but I've found that the 'haze' has now been cropping up in almost all shooting conditions.
Here are two photos from Hawaii and California where I thought the camera was working fine:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Hawaii-296396974?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=0
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Lost-Coast-CA-296396787?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=1
and here are two recent photos from Bhutan which I think are fine too but as I mentioned they are mostly at one distance:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-296395417?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=2
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-296395260?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=3
DeviantArt shows the EXIF info too and you can blow up the image to the full size which will give you the JPEG straight from the camera. Some more recent photos where I think the focus/quality is problematic:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-296398025
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-NP-296398195
Sorry I can't post images inline due to the attachment limit so I uploaded them to deviantart.
Hi, I've just been browsing your photos and to be honest they look pretty good to me! You don't state what exposure/aperture they were taken at. The lens looks well centered, very slight softness equally at the left and right edges but without at least the knowing the aperture it's difficult to make constructive comment.Maybe they lack a bit of "pop" but then there's distance haze that reduces the contrast.
Are they processed from RAW files or are they JPGs direct from the camera? To me,a bit of extra contrast dialed in with a bit of sharpening and your not far away,it's only the standard kit lens after all! I'm looking at a small part of them on a 82cm screen which is fairly demanding,maybe if you could post a photo from when you thought it was performing Ok. I've heard stories of general wear when used a lot over a period of time. I think more info is needed.
Dave's clichés
[/quote]
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. These were taken at f/8 - my usual for shots where I want a range of things in focus. 50mm focal length, ISO 200, 1/320s. I save RAW + Fine Jpeg and this is the fine JPEG straight from the camera. The RAW doesn't look a lot better.
I thought it was background haze too initially but I've found that the 'haze' has now been cropping up in almost all shooting conditions.
Here are two photos from Hawaii and California where I thought the camera was working fine:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Hawaii-296396974?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=0
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Lost-Coast-CA-296396787?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=1
and here are two recent photos from Bhutan which I think are fine too but as I mentioned they are mostly at one distance:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-296395417?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=2
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-296395260?q=gallery%3Aabcx13&qo=3
DeviantArt shows the EXIF info too and you can blow up the image to the full size which will give you the JPEG straight from the camera. Some more recent photos where I think the focus/quality is problematic:
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-296398025
http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-NP-296398195
Sorry I can't post images inline due to the attachment limit so I uploaded them to deviantart.