Words from WickedZ

Here’s one that’s hand held that is surprisingly sharp. 1/100th sec @ f / 5.6, ISO 400, 300MM focal lenth on my 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L taken at 7:15 in the evening.

I finally got my 40D back from Canon Service after 4 weeks.  I’ve shot a ton of pictures in the last couple days and it just doesn’t seem to be performing at it did before relative to noise levels, sharpness and focusing consistency.  I’m going to continue to do some test shots.  Here’s a few, let me know what you think.  The flower is auto focused at the middle of the white stem, yet it is sharp way behind that point.  The plant shot is manually focused using my eye threw the viewfinder and ignoring what the camera says is … Continue Reading

I’ve certainly had my bout with Canon quality this year (S5 IS and 40D).  The day we were leaving for a 3 week family vacation my wife’s Canon S5 IS failed to read the SDHC card.  Three different cards were all determined by the camera as “Card Locked”.  A long call with Canon tech support ended with a resolution of… “You need to ship the camera to Canon service for a repair.”  This was just what I wanted to hear as I was packing the truck for departure.  With the high quality 60fps video and superb image quality of the … Continue Reading