Kiwi - GKPE - General Ramblings (2)

Well. I did some lens tests tonight on my new camera and the old one using all my lenses.
What I found amazed me.
My 17-85 at 85 cm is spot on on both cameras.
However look at the results at 17mm !!!
No wonder I wasn't getting sharp images at wide angles. I can't believe I hadn't noticed it.
This is a crop of the test chart.
I focused on the black line at the top!!!

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Nzshrimper wrote in post #4095069
tony....
nzmotorsport have approved my media accreditation for the whole year.... and the horse racing / greyhounds - and i cant keep borrowing yours all the time... its not exactly fair on you.. (much appreciated by me thou i might add)

I will bung you an email later today re UPS and the freight plan .... It will be a case of you dropping it to them at the dept and me picking up here in chch....

Congrats mate.. Sounds bloody good.

akiwi wrote in post #4095276
Well. I did some lens tests tonight on my new camera and the old one using all my lenses.
What I found amazed me.
My 17-85 at 85 cm is spot on on both cameras.
However look at the results at 17mm !!!
No wonder I wasn't getting sharp images at wide angles. I can't believe I hadn't noticed it.
This is a crop of the test chart.
I focused on the black line at the top!!!

oh my, thats bad.
youve made me scared now...

congrats chris - based on the stuff youve shared with us theyve got the right man for the job

somethingsimple wrote in post #4095362
oh my, thats bad.
youve made me scared now...

congrats chris - based on the stuff youve shared with us theyve got the right man for the job

I think you will find that's his 350D that's having that problem. not the 40D

akiwi wrote in post #4095276
My 17-85 at 85 cm is spot on on both cameras.
However look at the results at 17mm !!!
No wonder I wasn't getting sharp images at wide angles.

Presumably, that was taken on manual focus. I will check my 17-85 after that!

That's bad

Doubled up!

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4095409
I think you will find that's his 350D that's having that problem. not the 40D

...but ive got a 350 and a 40 as well...

cheers guys..

akiwi wrote in post #4095276
Well. I did some lens tests tonight on my new camera and the old one using all my lenses.
What I found amazed me.
My 17-85 at 85 cm is spot on on both cameras.
However look at the results at 17mm !!!
No wonder I wasn't getting sharp images at wide angles. I can't believe I hadn't noticed it.
This is a crop of the test chart.
I focused on the black line at the top!!!

somethingsimple wrote in post #4095362
oh my, thats bad.
youve made me scared now...

CliveyBoy wrote in post #4095434
That's bad

somethingsimple wrote in post #4095459
...but ive got a 350 and a 40 as well...

There are some know issues with the 40D and focusing.
Might pay to have a read up.

Ive heard some are onto their 3 copy of the 40D. When you think of the # of units canon produce, they cant check them all.

somethingsimple wrote in post #4095459
...but ive got a 350 and a 40 as well...

why be confused? Peter hasn't said anything about any problems with the 40D, only 350D.

anyway just because a handful of people report problems doesn't mean that there's a problem. it also doesn't mean that there is a problem with that model camera.

if you have any questions you should test it out yourself.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4095558
why be confused? Peter hasn't said anything about any problems with the 40D, only 350D.

anyway just because a handful of people report problems doesn't mean that there's a problem. it also doesn't mean that there is a problem with that model camera.

if you have any questions you should test it out yourself.

im scared
how does he know its not the lens?

somethingsimple wrote in post #4095362
oh my, thats bad.
youve made me scared now...

congrats chris - based on the stuff youve shared with us theyve got the right man for the job

No no no... Don't panic!! It's only on the 350D, and even with the 50mm it is forward focusing. It is probably since the focus mechanism was replaced a few months ago after my brother dropped it.
I didn't notice it because at 70 or 80 mm it was focusing better than before.

There is a 12 month warranty on the repairs, so I will take it in tomorrow on the way to work.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #4095558
why be confused? Peter hasn't said anything about any problems with the 40D, only 350D.

anyway just because a handful of people report problems doesn't mean that there's a problem. it also doesn't mean that there is a problem with that model camera.

if you have any questions you should test it out yourself.

This guy has been concentrating.
I did the same test with all my lenses on the 40D and they where spot on perfect

CliveyBoy wrote in post #4095434
Presumably, that was taken on manual focus. I will check my 17-85 after that!

That's bad

Nope that was auto focus.
I had the focus chart on a door opened to 45 degrees, and the camera on tripod. always used auto focus on the dark stripe in the middle.

akiwi wrote in post #4095689
No no no... Don't panic!! It's only on the 350D, and even with the 50mm it is forward focusing. It is probably since the focus mechanism was replaced a few months ago after my brother dropped it.
I didn't notice it because at 70 or 80 mm it was focusing better than before.

There is a 12 month warranty on the repairs, so I will take it in tomorrow on the way to work.

phew

i suppose i shouldnt be scared anyhow based on the results i got at the wedding - the gear is obviously working properly

*relaxes*

IVE FINISHED my stage 1 pp
675 photos after selection process

akiwi wrote in post #4095689
This guy has been concentrating.

In between looking for a job