40D .. Not Sharp??

[mactreouser]

Hey..

Currently using the 40D with 50mm f1.4 but i can't see any Sharpness with it la...while i compare with another D300 50mm f1.4....totally different feel...D300 image look like 3D but 40D seems...Flat loh...

What do you think?and why ah?!

[mactreouser]

Hey..

Currently using the 40D with 50mm f1.4 but i can't see any Sharpness with it la...while i compare with another D300 50mm f1.4....totally different feel...D300 image look like 3D but 40D seems...Flat loh...

What do you think?and why ah?!

[cjtune]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Hey.. Currently using the 40D with 50mm f1.4 but i can't see any Sharpness with it la...while i compare with another D300 50mm f1.4....totally different feel...D300 image look like 3D but 40D seems...Flat loh... What do you think?and why ah?!

What if you use it with other lenses? Maybe it's the 50mm f/1.4 that's soft near biggest aperture or has front/back-focusing issues.

[unseenshadows]

Perhaps a photo of what you're talking about would be useful.

[flipfreak]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Hey.. Currently using the 40D with 50mm f1.4 but i can't see any Sharpness with it la...while i compare with another D300 50mm f1.4....totally different feel...D300 image look like 3D but 40D seems...Flat loh... What do you think?and why ah?!

pls post a picture of it with the exif info.

[adamadam]

Maybe it's the body

[Dream Merchant]

You'll have to do an exact side-by-side with almost zero variation between samples on both bodies, crop and process the same exact way for the comparison to be valid.

[FilterFunk]

wrong af point?
sharpening level?
underexposed?

[mactreouser]

erm...maybe i'm really louzy la..

what bout try to post the 50mm f1.4 of yours??expecially portrait image??ofcause without PP la...then i can learn something!!!

[flipfreak]

Originally Posted by mactreouser erm...maybe i'm really louzy la.. what bout try to post the 50mm f1.4 of yours??expecially portrait image??ofcause without PP la...then i can learn something!!!

u are the one who has a problem with the camera with a specific lens. u shld be the one posting so we can understand whats wrong and not vice versa.

[coolsigg]

Originally Posted by flipfreak u are the one who has a problem with the camera with a specific lens. u shld be the one posting so we can understand whats wrong and not vice versa.

yes, fully agree. being a 50F1.4 user myself, I can probably compare TS' pics with my own and comment.

[Dream Merchant]

Huh? You suspect problem on YOUR camera and you want us to post up OUR pictures taken with OUR cameras?

Can can. Pass me your 40D and 50mm f/1.4 and I will test for you.

[Russ]

Did you compare the 2 cameras side by side with the same lighting and subject and settings? If not, you could have switched the cameras and come to the opposite conclusion. What I am saying is that the 40D may have been used in a situation where the lighting and colours were dull and the picture had shallow depth and perhaps with slow shutter speed to make matter worse at max aperture and the D300 may have been in another situation where the subject was in focus some distance away from the OOF background, with a nice F2.8. Also, the particular D300 may have been set to sharpen and saturate more.

There are so many variables - to come to a quick conclusion that the D300 is sharper and more 3D just like that is inconclusive.

Anyway it is my firm opinion that sharpness is a function more of the photographer, the lens and proper focussing than the body itself.

With my 300D and my 40D, using 10-22, 17-40, 50 1.8 Mk I and 85 1.8 lenses, I have taken many super sharp photos with nice saturated colours. IMO, it cannot get any sharper, especially with the prime lenses set at optimal apertures with no camera shake and proper lighting.

[xl1]

Originally Posted by mactreouser Hey.. Currently using the 40D with 50mm f1.4 but i can't see any Sharpness with it la...while i compare with another D300 50mm f1.4....totally different feel...D300 image look like 3D but 40D seems...Flat loh... What do you think?and why ah?!

sell your 40D & 50mm f/1.4 la... buy D300

[sprewell]

Originally Posted by xl1 sell your 40D & 50mm f/1.4 la... buy D300

You forgot to mention that need to top up another $1000 more!

[donkuok]

Are those pics taken in RAW or JPG? Please post the exif info for both pics

[theveed]

and are you comparing between LCD views? The D300 will whip the 40D's LCD if that's the case.

[mactreouser]

1st,thanks to all ya!!
2nd,so sorry i din't post is because of photos not in hand now...will do it then...

why you guys don't post some leh...aiyo...let me learn something mah...plz...

all my pics snap in Jpeg..cause not for big case...but in Large and Hi Res of Jpeg la..

I did compare side by side with the D300 ... really superb leh...

So finally,i wish to go and try out the L lens with my 40D...hope that will get the Good result la...

Cause,the D300 is using prime lens G DX 18-200mm

[Kit]

The 50 f1.4 is more than capable. I suggest you find out what went wrong before getting any L lenses. Without knowing what happened, its just a waste of money.

[mactreouser]

Originally Posted by Kit The 50 f1.4 is more than capable. I suggest you find out what went wrong before getting any L lenses. Without knowing what happened, its just a waste of money.

Ya Kit,what you'd mention are true...
Erm..actually i did try out those particular setting like Boost the Sharpness,Contrast,Satuation as well...but still the same!!!

erm,i s'ld describe it as below:-
40D did well shapness and 3D feel while using a Reflector infront of the model...
But D300 did well without Reflector...

so...