60d Producing Soft Images

[dandaluzphotography]

Hey Guys,

I picked up a 60d about 2 weeks ago and have been using it extensively. I have noticed that the camera is producing soft images. They're no where near as crisp with my canon 17-40 lens as they are on my XSI with the same lens. I know it can be sent to Canon to be calibrated somehow. Has anyone had this experience with the 60D and/or having any body calibrated? This is frustrating. I was taking some shots of NYC today and using the auto focus with plenty of light and I view the images at 100% and they're soft.

This sucks.

Thanks,
Danny

 

[chaosrealm93]

send it in for calibration. i dont think its a widespread issue..

 

[Derrel]

Is the in-camera sharpening set to OFF or a very low setting, Danny? Do you have a sample pix with intact EXIF that maybe we could use to diagnose the problem with??? Without an image it is hard to see, literally 'see' what the issue is, or how bad it is, etc.etc. Is the JPEG compression set to HIGH or something? A single photo with EXIF would help us a lot!

 

[dandaluzphotography]

Hey Derrel,

I'm just looking at the RAW file the camera has produced. Before doing any processing at all the image looks soft almost to the point that it looks blurred.

If I save a RAW file as a jpeg without doing any processing to it, is this good enough? Then I can upload it to tinypic.com and post it here. Will that be good enough?

Danny

 

[dandaluzphotography]

Actually, I figure you need to see it full size to see what I'm talking about.

hmm...

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Did you set up the exact same shooting scenario when comparing the lens on your other camera? Post the RAW to JPEG conversion with no processing and also a 100% crop. Do the same with the XSi on a tripod in the exact same situation.

 

[dandaluzphotography]

I didn't do that comparison. I just know how the image looks on the XSI. I plan to do this comparison tomorrow. If I post the 100% crop, will it be visible on this site?

Danny

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Yes it will be visible. It may not be exactly 100% the same as you see when viewing the full sized UN-compressed RAW file on your screen since you will be posting a compressed file that has been uploaded etc. but we will atleast have a rough idea and be able to rule out some other possibilities. We could also see how severe the issue is which is hard to gauge from words because everyone uses adjectives differently.

 

[dandaluzphotography]

Here it is. I can email it if needed. It's even more noisy than the XSI would have been as well.

Canon EOS 60D

0.067 sec (1/15)

f/13.0

27 mm

100

0 EV

Off, Did not fire

Horizontal (normal)

240 dpi

240 dpi

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Manual

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81

81

sRGB

5728.176796 dpi

5808.403361 dpi

Normal

Manual

Auto

Standard

JPEG (old-style)

UTF8

2011:06:25

07:45:22

30

30

12

Standard

3 Scans

Adobe XMP Core 5.0-c060 61.134777, 2010/02/12-17:32:00

0

2011:06:25 23:29:42-04:00

EF17-40mm f/4L USM

231

0

4294967295

0

CR2

3

sRGB IEC61966-2.1

image/jpeg

xmp.did:01801174072068119161C91380DA3FD2

saved

xmp.iid:01801174072068119161C91380DA3FD2

2011:06:25 23:29:42-04:00

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh

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from image/tiff to image/jpeg

xmp.did:01801174072068119161C91380DA3FD2

D50

CIE 1931

0.999%

D65

YCbCr

 

[dandaluzphotography]

The camera was tripod mounted, I used mirror lockup, remote shutter, etc...

 

[Kerbouchard]

Do you have your sharpness, contrast, brightness, etc set up the same on the 60d as it was on your xsi?

For Nikon, even when we are looking at the RAW file, a lot of our picture controls, white balance, sharpness, contrast, brightness, etc are automatically applied. It could be that your settings aren't giving you what you are used to seeing.

 

[dandaluzphotography]

hmm... I never touched that on the XSI. First I am hearing of that even being an option. I checked the menu on both the XSI and the 60d and couldn't find settings for contrast and brightness or sharpness. Where would I find that. I'll check the web.

Danny

 

[Vtec44]

I think the EXIF data you posted is missing the name column.

 

[Kerbouchard]

hmm... I never touched that on the XSI. First I am hearing of that even being an option. I checked the menu on both the XSI and the 60d and couldn't find settings for contrast and brightness or sharpness. Where would I find that. I'll check the web.

Danny

I think Canon's menus were designed by a three year old, so I can't tell you where to find them(I'm a Nikon shooter), but I would recommend finding those settings and starting there before worrying about any bigger issues.

 

[dandaluzphotography]

hmm... I never touched that on the XSI. First I am hearing of that even being an option. I checked the menu on both the XSI and the 60d and couldn't find settings for contrast and brightness or sharpness. Where would I find that. I'll check the web.

Danny

Danny

I think Canon's menus were designed by a three year old, so I can't tell you where to find them(I'm a Nikon shooter), but I would recommend finding those settings and starting there before worrying about any bigger issues.

I'm checking that out right now.

@ Vtech - I just noticed that the name column was missing. Sorry about that. I'll repost it.