Gear Talk > EOS Bodies - For Stills
5DM3 ISO 1600/3200 bad technique, or broken camera?
Radiating:
Part of what you're complaining seems to me to be about low contrast, the situation you're shooting in doesn't have very good contrast so it won't show detail. The other issue is your images don't seem to be perfectly in focus. Have you tried micro adjusting your lenses? The focus should really be better than that.
photokid:
--- Quote from: Radiating on May 19, 2012, 02:49:53 PM ---Part of what you're complaining seems to me to be about low contrast, the situation you're shooting in doesn't have very good contrast so it won't show detail. The other issue is your images don't seem to be perfectly in focus. Have you tried micro adjusting your lenses? The focus should really be better than that.
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I think the 70-200 one is misfocussed due to operator error, and the low contrast makes it worse, the 35L will be going back with te camera for calibration.
daniel-barton:
--- Quote from: wockawocka on May 19, 2012, 01:58:09 PM ---It's underexposed.
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To get the correct exposure meter off the ICE and overexpose by 1.5-2 stops.
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This. I think it's 2 stops unless your subject is real white/pale/reflective. I learned this the hard way shooting hockey. Do this first. Then worry about what your shots look like due to focus etc. Your AF probably just sucks due to the environment too, not necessarily the camera/lens combo. Crummy light, fast-moving subject, oddly reflective background bouncing light every which way, etc.
wockawocka:
--- Quote from: photokid on May 19, 2012, 02:10:41 PM ---
Thanks, that's helpful, it's what I deep down suspected. I wasn't using focus assist, and I use back button focus, to be honest I never used ICE I just set it until it looked fine on camera screen, i should use histogram much more :)
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Yeah, trust the Histogram over anything else but regardless if you are using the back button to focus or not I saw that flash had been used. If the flash was on a at such a high ISO the IR searchlight will of came on. This can actually hinder your AF precision.
photokid:
Thanks guys, this is good info, not used to shooting in such a challenging environment.
To be honest I never even considered the focus assist light, initially I wasn't using flash but I thought I'd try it for a couple of wide shots as a little fill, I tend not to use flash much.
Again thanks for the feedback, it's appreciated.
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