"SOFT"

Are you using your lens right at it's long end? IE zoomed right in?
 
They are a bit soft and blurry.....

I don't have EXIF viewer installed, so perhaps if you could supply some shooting details, that might help.

I'm guessing by saying that for a start, the shutter speed was too slow. :shrug:
 
No, I get the same comment whichever lens I appear to use. The images I have posted today were using a 40-150mm most of the pics were taken using the lower to mid range.

Tim
 
I'm with Andy then, looks like blur rather than softness.
 
The first pic in the thread:

F stop f/9
exp time 1/500
ISO 250
exp bias 0 step
focal length 40mm
metering mode spot
 
The EXIF shows that the shutter speed is more than adequate for the FL you're using so that narrows it down to technique or issues with the body.
Have you got any static subjects to post.

Bob
 
It looks like blur not softness based on those pictures which points more to your panning technique (which is looks like you are doing). Is it only these moving sports pics which are soft or does it happen with static items too ? If so, can you post samples.
 
That shutter speed should be ok then.....

Just looking at the EXIF now on your shots.

I wonder what this means: Sharpness = soft (1)

:thinking:

Another possibility is perhaps the lens/camera's AF isn't that fast?
Did you have it in continuous AF mode?
 
Have you sharpened them after resizing for the forum - exif data looks OK 40mm @ 1/500
 
andy_fozzy said:
That shutter speed should be ok then.....

Just looking at the EXIF now on your shots.

I wonder what this means: Sharpness = soft (1)

:thinking:

Another possibility is perhaps the lens/camera's AF isn't that fast?
Did you have it in continuous AF mode?
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Sharpness = Soft

???? Just found that to, allows me to change it to normal and hard, appears to make no diff to image.
 
Try taking a static non-macro shot in jpeg with sharpness set to normal and post it...panning and macro are both quite difficult skills and it may be easier to judge camera performance with a 'normal' shot.
 
Defiance said:
Try taking a static non-macro shot in jpeg with sharpness set to normal and post it...panning and macro are both quite difficult skills and it may be easier to judge camera performance with a 'normal' shot.
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^ :agree:
 
Static, non macro

HarrisHawk.jpg
 
That looks tack sharp on my laptop screen

I'd say that the macro is 'soft' as you have a shallow DoF (macro is normally done at f9 minimum to get adequate DoF) and that the MX is actually motion blur from your panning technique
 
I think if you posted a 100% crop that would be more helpful. Resized photos need sharpening as well. I remember posting a photo of a fox a while back, it was my best wildlife photo ever, I had it at 100% and could count the hair, and see the trees reflected in the fox's eyes, and then I resized it at 800px, posted here, and got comments that the photo was soft. I think it's just bad processing for web. Post a cropped section at 100% and then it will be easier for people to give suggestions and advice!
 
The main problem with the bike pics is subject movement. Shutter speed is adequate, so it's down to poor technique. Need to practise panning. MX bikes go up and down as well as forwards ;)

Edit: after a second look, I think it's a combination of subject movement, too much enlargement, and possibly some camera shake due to the magnification effect of the enlargement. Either way, it's a technique problem.

Problem with the fly pic is also poor technique. Missed focus and shallow depth of field for starters.

The bird pic, much less ambitious technically, is fine. So it's not the camera.
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
That looks tack sharp on my laptop screen

I'd say that the macro is 'soft' as you have a shallow DoF (macro is normally done at f9 minimum to get adequate DoF) and that the MX is actually motion blur from your panning technique
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:agree: and looks very sharp on my screen too.
 
That is a great bird pic. Shows that the camera and lens are working fine. Follow the advice of the people that have offered it - I am sure that you will soon start to see results.

For my 2p worth, make sure that you sharpen after resizing for the web.
 
Patients and practiced required then!

Perhaps getting frustrated too quickly, looking at the pics i took about six weeks ago:
P1010087-1.jpg


Compared to yesterday:
P1010513.jpg


There is an improvement. Maybe by the end of the season in October I may have it!

Thanks for all the advice

Tim
 
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