Canon 40D - soft focus?

[Jeff Canes]

in the two new ones, what are the settings; look at the depth of field in the first new one; the background is nearly the same sharpness as the foreground, read up on depth of field

 

[kmp1191]

Thanks....I will.

 

[bitterkitten]

I also have a 40d - I've already sent it in twice to canon service in CA. The first time they said they definitley found something wrong and fixed it... I couldn't tell the difference upon its return, using any of 5 different lenses (all canon lenses that ought to work fine with the 40d, including the 17-55 IS, which I believe was specifically designed for canon digital bodies).

I got it back... I too feel like a lot of times the images are too soft. I can't exactly figure out if it's overall though - as you can see from your own pix there, the closeup looked ok. I'm wondering if there isn't some kind of focus locking issue that somebody isn't seeing over at Canon. I have no idea how that could be possible, but I have been having pretty much the same problem. The lens type hasn't mattered. Nor apparently, has the focus mode. I generally just use the center focal point and single shot mode, and I still get results similar to what you are seeing.

I also own the original series Digital Rebel, and that camera even on +1 sharpening was plenty fine - on my 40d, I've got the in-camera sharpening cranked up to 7 now to make it look comparable.

The only other thing I can think of to do at this point is do a side by side comparison of both cameras with exact similar picture-taking circumstances, and then send the results to canon and see what they say.....

grr.

 

[Phazan]

I've been having the same problem when I use my 17-85mm. I'm not sure if I've noticed it with my 50mm 1.8, but I'll test it out later..People have been telling me nothing is wrong, but I don't know..My pictures are a little soft..

 

[reg]

What do you mean "increase in camera sharpening"?

Increasing in camera sharpening... is, uh, increasing the in-camera sharpening. It should be in a menu somewhere.

 

[Garbz]

I've been having the same problem when I use my 17-85mm. I'm not sure if I've noticed it with my 50mm 1.8, but I'll test it out later..People have been telling me nothing is wrong, but I don't know..My pictures are a little soft..

Well you can sit and ponder and worry or... http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125061