New 40D - Strange visitor

Finally got my 40D yesterday, so thought i'd make my first pic-post, and make it a "Duck" shot.

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Welcome to the forum, and congrats on your new 40-D!! I just upgraded from a 30-D to a 40-D, and I am loving it!!

Calindy wrote in post #4239380
Welcome to the forum, and congrats on your new 40-D!! I just upgraded from a 30-D to a 40-D, and I am loving it!!

Thanks Calindy, and it's nice to hear that your enjoying your new hardware

Exposure looks excellent as does the focus. Try changing the composition of future photographs, although centered pictures can look good, often times off-centered pictures are a bit more dynamic and interesting.

Hey!! I got one of those guys as well.  Welcome to the forum and enjoy your new camera. The 40D is a nice machine.

nmd wrote in post #4239793
Exposure looks excellent as does the focus. Try changing the composition of future photographs, although centered pictures can look good, often times off-centered pictures are a bit more dynamic and interesting.

Hi nmd, and thanks for the advice. Can't wait to get some proper shooting time in. You're right regarding the compostion ofc, though i was just anxious to to make sure all was well with my copy, so all my artisitc sensibilties(not that i have that much) went out the window

Thanks again

IMO the picture is not tack sharp, there is evidently front focussing in this shot.

avandijk wrote in post #4240033
IMO the picture is not tack sharp, there is evidently front focussing in this shot.

It looks like the duck is about to take flight. That might explain it.

avandijk wrote in post #4240033
IMO the picture is not tack sharp, there is evidently front focussing in this shot.

I agree with this comment, it does have a front focus issue.
I had two 40D's with the same problem, and sent them both back and settled for a 30D, no more problems.

Brian

Ain't it strange that the two posters that see "front focus" here, had back or front focusing cameras too?

Hmmm...

I agree it isn't the sharpest shot in the world, but all I see is "it focused on the closest bit of duck to the camera" - the beak - rather than a fault.

Funny, that.

But then, my 40D doesn't front focus...

Yeah, the sharpest part of the shot seems to be the edge of the "pond" at the left. But that's probably on the same plane as the bill, where focus is harder to judge because the contrast is lower.

The OP focused on the duck's right eye, but the focus sensor area is larger than the indicators in the viewfinder.

-js

number six wrote in post #4241158
Yeah, the sharpest part of the shot seems to be the edge of the "pond" at the left. But that's probably on the same plane as the bill, where focus is harder to judge because the contrast is lower.

The OP focused on the duck's right eye, but the focus sensor area is larger than the indicators in the viewfinder.

-js

Yep, i see the "pond" reference too, it does seem to be the sharpest focused area, which as you say, is roughly on the same plane as the duck's bill.

What caught my attention is the next part in your post regarding the size of the "focus sensor area",.....and yep, it is harder to judge because of the ducks colour, and its contrast.

I think i'll need to shoot some more using easier definable areas of contrast before returiing my body.

Thanks for the input guys, much appreciated.

Btw, forgot to give any EXIF info,....this was shot with f4, and as is obvious, from a downward angle, so.....is it possible that given the depth of field at f4, the difficult contrast definability, and the angle of the shot, that the ducks eye and bill would have fallen within the same DOF as the edge of the "pond" mentioned above, and therefore is maybe NOT a foward focusing fault?...............o​r am i just being wildly optimistic?

EDIT: shot with the Efs 17-55, 1/500. handheld

No front - or back, or sideways - focus problems there, as far as I can see. It's bang on.

I get just a bit irritated by people who spread what in the States is eloquently referred to as "FUD" (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) because they have (or think they have) a camera problem and seem to want to wish the same supposed problem on everyone else.