10d softness....

[abel]

i heard a little bit about 10d's being somewhat soft in image clarity. is this true?

im moving up form a g5 to a 10d soon and was just curious as to what different items i may need to contend with etc

thanks

[darrenb]

I bought the G1 on the strength of the photos that Pekka posted on his excellent site quite some years ago. Never managed to get images that were as sharp and contrasty but I dont think I'm alone in this from what I read on these boards.

I've lived with Canon EOS since I believed it was conceived back in the early-mid 80s so I may be somewhat biased in my views, but there again you've come to a Canon Forum and there will be very few people here to disuade you from spending your cash. I always found Fuji Film and my EOS 50E and EOS 3 to be the best combination for me and got over the years some quite consistent results. What I am currently finding with my 10D is that the results are not as consistent and I have recently hired the megabux 70-200 2.8L to compare against my 28-135IS. I have to say I wasn't bowled over by the results but that's all for another thread..

My honest advice would be to just review this wonderful forum, there are tons of guys (and girls-sorry) who take some stunning pics with their 10D although I'm currently getting softish low contrast images, but I'm hoping someone is going to put me firmly back on track with that one

[SDK^]

Images straight from the 10D are soft but this is a good thing. Most point and shoot cameras apply in camera sharpening which takes control away from the photographer.
I use a Photoshop plug-in called Photokit Sharpener but you can just as easily use Unsharp Mask in Photoshop.

The end results are amazing

[drisley]

Yes, the images may be soft, but the detail and resolution (if using a good lens) is amazing! And as SDK said, with this "hidden" detail, you can get absolutely stunning results by sharpening with a program/plugin, or simply using USM in Photoshop.

I had a G3, and now a 300D (which is basically the same image quality as the 10D). I am amazed at how much better images sharpen in post-process with my 300D images as compared to the G3 images.

[Canuck]

i heard a little bit about 10d's being somewhat soft in image clarity. is this true?

im moving up form a g5 to a 10d soon and was just curious as to what different items i may need to contend with etc

thanks

Just curiousity, what convinced you to jump off the p&s to a DSLR? It is a rather big jump, especially if you don't have 35mm experience.

What do you have to contend with? Where do I start? Lenses that can cost serious money to faster CF cards to replacement BP-511s to Big Ed to well the list goes on...and on and on and on! I can't speak for now, but when I set up my 10D in very late April, 2003 it cost me $2300 to set just the body up like Big Ed, 10D 2x 512MB CF cards, and an extra battery. One year+ on, the both batteries are still fine as are the 2x CF cards. I am kinda at a loss here. There is so much to discuss. Have you culled the forum at all? That would be a great start. There are many newbies that have asked similar questions. You could easily do a seminar/write a decent sized book on the moving up from p&s to DSLR!

Also, the 10D images are soft, but that is fixable in PS. See above post.

[CyberDyneSystems]

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/11242.html

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/digitalphotography/learnmore/fixit/sharpening.asp

[abel]

nice!!!

thanks for all of the help guys... i really appreciate it.

i think i got about a week before i order my 10d and i cant even think straight now as it is....

hehee