I have several shots of this nice tree. All from a distance (because there was a fence in between me and the tree). On camera, everything looked good, but when home, I noticed all pictures were actually “blurry”, i.e., the branches are not as crisp as I hoped they would be. I’m not sure where this comes from… Was it caused by motion of the camera and too low shutter speed? The diffuse lighting? Aberrations? Diffraction limits of the sensor?! Or is that just normal, for an object that far away with the given lens on an APS-C camera? I guess I got used to the RP always taking crisp shots, because of the full-frame and lower resolution (i.e., larger pixel size) than the R7…
Maybe someone can identify what went “wrong” in this shot
In the meantime, I think it also gives a nice play-raw! Have fun!
This is my edit. I have used capture sharpening, sharpening in DorS module, and an instance of lens deblur in the DorS module. I couldn’t see if you had used AF or MF. I have known of Canon L series lenses that have had focus issues. One of my students had his L series lens replaced twice because it would not focus correctly. It was the third lens he received that worked correctly. This suggests Canon has poor QC control on some of their lenses.
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no, this was AF and also IS.
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The IS is very good on the R7 especially when combined with the lens stabilisation. I feel your shutter speed was fast enough to prevent shake. I use manual focus a lot on the R7 with focus peaking.
I like your edit./
I would definitely say it motion blur - there’s a distinct bit of ‘directionality’ to the blur.
Could just about be a lens issue, but should be easy to check by taking a similar shot on a bright day with a really high shutter speed and see if it’s better.
I get this with a lot of my shots, too. I shoot birds with a 150-500 lens and get this similar futzy-ness quite often. It helps a bit if I’m shooting at 350 rather than 500, it definitely helps not shooting wide open (Going from f/6.5 to f/7.1 or f/8 in my case) and I turn off the IS and shoot at 1/500 or 1/320 - I actually find the IS makes it worse at high shutter speeds, though I’m not sure why. What makes the most difference is finding somewhere to prop the lens up as I don’t usually hike with a tripod
I had a go at editing yours. I’m playing a lot with contrast equaliser to bring out detail without over-sharpening. Also tone equaliser to bring out the scar on the tree and bring down the background a touch.
