Heads up on cheap Canon EOS

**Mick-Kelly** · 7th May 2011, 07:17 PM

It will be the lense. My Nikon takes better photos than the canon with the kit lense. For the Canons to really shine they need good glass. I am saving up the penies for an L series lense but you ont have to go that far. I friend of mine is a pro photographer and he uses a wide range of lenses including some non-canon lenses with exceptional results. See if you can get your hands on a good lense and see the difference. A good one to start out with is the fixed 50mm lense for around $125 (the nifty fifty).

**lebanon** · 8th May 2011, 01:45 AM

Hi Mick-Kelly,

thank you for your advice.

The lens I am using is the Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM Lens and not the lower quality Canon EF 28-105mm f/4.0-5.6 USM.

The lens gave me excellent results when used on the 35mm EOS 100 film camera.

Could you explain please why it shows such a decrease in quality when matted to the 30D?

**lebanon** · 8th May 2011, 02:29 AM

I found two interesting sites:

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM - Review / Test Report

Canon 28-105 vs. Canon 28-135 Lens Test

I will try shooting at f11 with a contrast setting pushed two stop.

**Mick-Kelly** · 8th May 2011, 07:47 PM

Thanks for the websites, another thing to check is your white balance setting. I have found mine is quite sensitive to white balance adjustments. Mine is running with just the kit 90 mm zoom at the moment and i got to have a play with a friends L series lenses the other day and the difference was amazing. It was like mine was letting in half the light that his lenses allowed at the same apperture. I have been playing with the depth of field preview a fair bit as well in trying to sort out the best settings.

**lebanon** · 9th May 2011, 12:25 PM

Hi,

can you post pictures taken with both lenses? just to check the difference between both lenses.

I am considering the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. It doesn't come cheap for 1,149 USD.

**lebanon** · 13th May 2011, 03:20 PM

Hi,

I worked on the user defined settings having:

Sharpness 4
Contrast 3
Saturation 2
Color tone 2

The result are starting to become better.

I guess that a pinch more of sharpness could give a slightly better results.
On another hand setting the Aperture to F11 is definitely an added bonus to sharpness.

Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 10.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 200

Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 100

Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500
Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0
Metering Mode Spot Metering
ISO Speed 100

Your comments are welcomed.

**Mick-Kelly** · 13th May 2011, 04:53 PM

Looking good, the roses really pop as does the orange roof. Your colour saturation has improved a lot. I will pull mine out tonight and see if it has eny of the images from the L series lens left on it. Thanks for posting your settings.

**lebanon** · 18th May 2011, 12:53 PM

Now testing the EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM

What do you think?

Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640
Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0
Metering Mode Spot Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 800
Focal Length 300.0mm

**Mick-Kelly** · 18th May 2011, 07:29 PM

That moon image looks really crisp. Nice balance of shades as well. That is quite impressive for that lense. I think youve got that camera sorted. I wont get a chance to play with mine for another month or so. Then i go on a weeks holiday.

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