if i look at other photographers work, their 5D images are tack sharp and just as good as velvia...i dont understand what im doing wrong...ok..this image was shot RAW, its at ISO50, 6 secs @ f/18, 17mm on a 17-40 L lens...WB was set manually to 5500K. on tripod, using mirror lock and cable release...
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How to you assess the sharpeness of other photographer's images? Is your comment based on prints, or on 100% viewing on screen? Do they use the same lens? Is is the same type of scenes?
- print: sharpening technique has more impact on print perceived sharpness than camera characteristics,
- lens: The Canon wides are notoriously not that great on FF compared to offerings from other vendors. This could also be part of the issue,
- Subject: some scenes convey a stronger feeling of sharpeness because of air clarity, color contrast,...
Your shooting parameters/technique sound good to me. f18 might be pushing it a little too close to the diffraction limit for digital, I'd personnally stick to f16.
Regarding colors, Canon has been seemingly focussing on delivering very accurate rendering of color charts. My - largely un-substantiated - belief is that they might not be as proficient as other models in terms of rendering in a pleasing way the vastly larger range of colors/tones present in real world scenes.
Nonetheless, PS2 and C1 have been designed/optimized using Canon cameras. It is possible to significantly enhance the default rendring using tools like Color vibrance of clarity. Digital images also often need the application of a slight S curve to get more pops and global contrast.
You might also want to try DxO to get an out of the box rendring closer to Velvia.
ive tried processing in PS2 and CaptureOne LE. There is noise, actually quite a bit, which for a camera which supposed great low noise, i find a bit worrying. i dont sharpen in RAW as i find more control in PS2. All i did was slightly give it some colour sat, mild s-curve, WB to 5500K...does this help you guys better?
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The 5D is regarded as a low noise camera
at high uso. What it means is that it just noisy at 1600 instead of being
very noisy like a D2x.
At low ISO, cameras like the d2x are known to have less noise that the 5D. I would say that the 5D is good at low ISO, but not outstanding. This of course depends on the type of scene etc...
Regards,
Bernard