Canon 50D Focus Problem

Sheila wrote:
> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>
> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I
> try. My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have
> any ideas or is the 50D just a piece of junk?

What do you mean vy "at 100%"?

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J. Clarke wrote:
> Sheila wrote:
>> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>>
>> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I
>> try. My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have
>> any ideas or is the 50D just a piece of junk?
>
> What do you mean vy "at 100%"?
>

When you view the photo at 100% of its size.

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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:52:42 -0500, Sheila
wrote:

>My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>
>His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I try.
>My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have any ideas
>or is the 50D just a piece of junk?

A few comments/suggestions:

1. Are you comparing sharpened out-of-camera jpegs or RAW files?

2. Do you see the same focus issues with every lens on the D50?

3. Is everything in the D50 pictures equally out of focus, or is it
just a situation where the AF point is not in sharp focus?

4. Try manual focus and see if that makes a difference. Perhaps the
AF needs calibrating?

5. If I'm not mistaken, the G10 is image stabilized. Try the 50D on
a tripod or with an IS lens and see if that makes a difference.

Sometimes images from dslrs appear "soft" out of the camera compared
to some p&s cameras because they are intended for more post
processing.
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"Sheila" wrote in message

> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>
> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I try.
> My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have any ideas or
> is the 50D just a piece of junk?
> --

My 50D takes very sharp photos - I do use expensive lenses though. They
don't look as sharp on the camera screen as they do on the monitor, but you
soon get used to what good focus looks like on the camera screen. Also - do
use the focus calibration provision; I had to set 2 L lenses off zero to get
perfection.

John
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:09:28 +0000, eatmorepies wrote:

> "Sheila" wrote in message
>
>> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>>
>> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I try.
>> My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have any ideas or
>> is the 50D just a piece of junk?
>> --
>
> My 50D takes very sharp photos - I do use expensive lenses though. They
> don't look as sharp on the camera screen as they do on the monitor, but you
> soon get used to what good focus looks like on the camera screen. Also - do
> use the focus calibration provision; I had to set 2 L lenses off zero to get
> perfection.
>
> John

For users who have used or have seen both the printed results (12x18) or
so between (cropped 20%) an image taken with a 50D and one taken with a
Canon 5D or a 5D/2 what differences they see. How much better is the 5D's
over the 50D?
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:09:28 -0000, "eatmorepies"
wrote in :

>
>"Sheila" wrote in message
>
>> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>>
>> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I try.
>> My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have any ideas or
>> is the 50D just a piece of junk?
>
>My 50D takes very sharp photos - I do use expensive lenses though. They
>don't look as sharp on the camera screen as they do on the monitor, but you
>soon get used to what good focus looks like on the camera screen. Also - do
>use the focus calibration provision; I had to set 2 L lenses off zero to get
>perfection.

It's a fundamental issue with predictive autofocus, which should always
be calibrated.

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Sheila wrote:
> My husband got a Canon 50D and I got a Canon D10 for Christmas.
>
> His 50D will not take a sharp focus at 100% not matter what he or I try.
> My G10 does take very sharp photos at 100%. Does anyone have any ideas
> or is the 50D just a piece of junk?


Thanks everyone, lens calibration took care of the problem.

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"Sheila" wrote in message

> Sheila wrote:

> Thanks everyone, lens calibration took care of the problem.
>

How did you calibrate it / them ?
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RustY © wrote:
> "Sheila" wrote in message
>
>> Sheila wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone, lens calibration took care of the problem.
>>
>
> How did you calibrate it / them ?
>
>

Do a search on google search for the eos 50D AF microadjustment.


In the manual for the 50D pg 180 describes how to do an AF Microadjustment.


Sheila
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"Sheila" wrote in message


> In the manual for the 50D pg 180 describes how to do an AF
Microadjustment.
>


Thanks for that
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