WEIRD... 10-22 oddness

[Adam Hicks]

I love this lens... don't get me wrong! But today I was shooting shot shots in Dale Earnhart Jr's garage of his crew and the guy on the left is either a ghost of pit-crew-past or is a weird product of the lens. I understand he'll be a bit blurry, this was at 10mm, so that's perfectly acceptable (look how sharp the rest is, only resized no USM) but it's weird that his legs disappear. He just kinda fades away.

Any thoughts?

http://www.golilm.com/nascar/Juniors_pit_crew_10mm_small.jpg

Adam

[Dante King]

LOL, he was standing straight up or leaning in a bit. Think it is the perspective of the lens at this width.

[Toogy]

I agree, at 10mm, weird things like this are going to happen. Overall, I love my 10-22mm.
It adds a whole new dimension to my photography.

[Dante King]

Or the 4th dimension in the case of Mr. Hicks.

[raylks]

The guy on the left looks terribly soft. But the overall image is quite sharp and clear. I think it is a good lens.

[Carzee]

You are right to have concerns. Before it gets worse, gently place it in the case and send it over to me for a thorough test ASAP!
:rolleyes:







I want one!

[pcasciola]

I think that guy on the left was walking and it's just motion blur. At 1/50th I'm not surprised. Look at the guy leaning over the car, his right elbow and hand looks almost the same.

[Adam Hicks]

I agree that it was motion blur combined with the slight edge softness. I just thought it looked a little funny that he was missing from the waist down. This lens combined with the 100-400 is great for this weekende's race! Which is where I need to get back to now... maybe I'll shoot a 10mm shot of the crowd at like f14+ so we can check the sharpness from person to person. I think that would be a good test to see how the lens performs at different areas...

Adam

[DocFrankenstein]

You need a exorcist :)

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Haha, that is wicked weird. I guess that's just the way the lens is. Just crop him out.

[CRE@TE]

It looks like you took the picture from a low position. Therefore you were shooting up and getting the weird angle on the shot. Try shooting a tall building with the lense. You will see how the building leans into the picture.

[Tom W]

Cre@te is correct - that is a characteristic of lenses that is more pronounced as you get wider. Its the classic "leaning in" look, but highly enhanced at 10 mm. You can experiment with this by mounting your camera on a tripod and shooting at various angles, upward or downward. You'll see that as you tilt up, the tops of upright objects tend to lean inward. And at 10 mm, it doesn't take much tilt.

[Adam Hicks]

Yeah I know guys... I love the lens at 10mm shot low. It's much better than shooting downward or straight ahead IMO. I don't plan on cropping the guy out in the final version as it helps show action vs. a static environment. And I'm certainly familiar with perspective shift :)

Take care,
Adam

[DavidEB]

Actually I don't think it's a function of the 10mm focal length, but rather it's due to the "EF-S" nature of the lens -- the "S" stands for short, and that's how it made him look. j/k

[Andy_T]

Actually I don't think it's a function of the 10mm focal length, but rather it's due to the "EF-S" nature of the lens

This can be checked easily.

Let's get some comparison shots with some of the other 10 mm lenses available for the Canon lens mount :p

Best regards,
Andy

[Redbird_xo]

This can be checked easily.

Let's get some comparison shots with some of the other 10 mm lenses available for the Canon lens mount :p

Best regards,
Andy

Could someone please write to the Mitarai san, President and CEO of Canon, to let him know about our concerns and requests? :D

[Jon]

I think Dante, Cre@te and Tom W are right. If you look closely at the guy you'll see that what looks like his thighs is actually the guy in the background; you're seeing him apparently "leaning" due to image perspective of the low viewpoint and high aim point. You'll see the same thing with buildings, trees, etc.