EF 24-105 F/4 L IS USM Lens first shots

I've just picked up a 30D and aforementioned lens and took some shots. I'm very much an amateur as I've only owned 1 point & shoot before this. I used automatic settings and think they came out pretty good. Taken at my friends HS football game.

stat girl...I was shooting the coach and players and she caught my eye...camera or lens focused real fast and got a good shot...was impressed by the blur...first time I've done that. Taken at about 40mm

Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

The 100% crop looks out of focus...
And get out of the automatic modes FAST! And that means NOW!
With this lens you can pretty much use it at any aperture and get sharp pictures. I'd suggest switching to Av mode immediately.

whats the exif on the first shot? can you post a 100% crop of the eyes of the dude?

I am very much an amateur and am still a bit confused on how to manually set my settings. I wanted to get some automatic shots and then practice manual.

I will learn and get better.


JA

Wheres the duck shot

Well not knowing the EXIF data involved it could be alright I suppose. Does look a little soft but unless you didn't apply any post processing sharpening to bring out the detail in the reduced size from the original its probably about right.

If your going to invest that much funding in a super nice camera and lens, you indeed want to take the time and learn its capabilities.

Yes, I'm doing that now...well trying. Do you recommend any books or websites?


JA

jargaguy, so you cant post the exif on your shots bro?

jargaguy wrote in post #2136706
Yes, I'm doing that now...well trying. Do you recommend any books or websites?


JA

The canon owner's manual. It came with your camera.

Your white balance looks like it was way off, too.

ccp900 wrote in post #2136819
jargaguy, so you cant post the exif on your shots bro?

Sorry man...didn't read that till now.

The QB is...

File name
20061014_0029.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 30D
Shooting Date/Time
10/14/2006 04:10:51
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/500Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F4.0
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
200
Lens
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length
60.0 mm
Image size
3504 x 2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF mode
One-Shot AF
Picture Style
Standard
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 3
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Color matrix
-
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
3955 KB
Dust Delete Data
No
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting

The dude's is ...

File name
20061014_0081.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 30D
Shooting Date/Time
10/14/2006 05:04:13
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/160Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F4.0
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length
65.0 mm
Image size
3504 x 2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF mode
One-Shot AF
Picture Style
Portlait
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 2
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Color matrix
-
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
2186 KB
Dust Delete Data
No
Drive Mode
Low-speed continuous shooting

It was shot in JPEG as I didn't know how to use the other modes yet.

JA