Thanks again Mark - you have been very helpful.
Barbara
From: "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:26 AM
Subject: RE: Help - software correction, etc.
There is most likely someone that is either an expert, nearly so, a top pro, or someone that has been there done that and has the tee shirt to prove it, on just about everything photography on this list. With troubleshooting its isolate the variables and see what causes what. If it does the same thing with several lenses, you are not likely to have a bad lens. If you want to rule out motion blur, put the camera on a tripod indoors. Is it still a problem?? If so it isn't motion blur. If you can post a couple of the problem images somewhere, odds are someone might be able to help you get the best out of what you have to work with.
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Subject: Re: Help - software correction, etc.
From: Redsponger <redsponger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, August 21, 2011 8:23 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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HI Mark - thanks - will try out your suggestions. Sometimes I would like to beam you folks to here so you can see up can close what is going on. I inquired also in that email if anyone knew of a workshop or class that I might take. Any instrument I use, I always want to know right away how to go about troubleshooting.Thanks again.Barbara
From: "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: Help - software correction, etc.Maybe and maybe not. Some ideas to test. First thing I would try is to put another lens on the body and see if the problem goes away. Then I might try putting the lens on a different body, even if its a film body, but better another digital one if its possible. A camera store might even let you test it there.Some of Canons digital bodies have had issues being blurry from the factory. It's possible there is a problem with the body or a compatibility issue with some component. You want to see if every part of the system is talking to every other part the way it should be.Next look and see how or what the focus is on. Is the auto focus being fooled??? Is there something that the chip could be thinking that should be focusing, when in reality it should be something else? Any auto focus camera can be fooled.It could be motion blur depending on the shutter speed, but from the sound of things, I would be more inclined to think there was something in the focus that was inaccurate. If your shutter speed was low, motion blur would be a prime suspect. No low I would guess focus problem.-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Help - software correction, etc.
From: Redsponger <redsponger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, August 20, 2011 9:53 am
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Hi Mark - appreciate your comments - no I never got to the bottom of the problem. It was the same body - same speedlite with the strobeframe - it appeared in the LCD monitor as focused before I clicked - some came out some not - but it was like a motion blur?Thanks again.Barbara
From: "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: Help - software correction, etc.As far as viewing the images, if its ok with the couple post some on a website or something like flicker and then post the link.First of all with 600 images, you might have enough for a solid album even with the clinkers that came about. Focus on what you do have, and not what you don't at first.Second No software will make a flawed image as good as it would have been had it been captured correctly. It MIGHT help make them acceptable or it may allow you to do some things with them that will hide the flaws. You might put make up on Rin Tin Tin, and the dog might actually look better, but the animal is still a dog and not Heidi Klum. (Seal I don't have a clue how you did it)With the ones that have problems, is there anything they have in common? Were they all taken with the same body? The same lens? The same flash? Were they out of focus? How did they "not come out"? You said you tested and had problems before hand, did you ever get the camera working consistently prior to the wedding? If so what changed? Lots of times its helpful to help know what caused the problem in order to know how to solve it. Even if it can't be fixed, at least the mistake can be identified and not repeated.This situation is why the pros that are good get the big bucks. Weddings are high pressure jobs. With friends its always best to pass, then what you get is icing on the cake.-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Help - software correction, etc.
From: Redsponger <redsponger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, August 20, 2011 7:59 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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Dear Group: - you have always been helpful in the past. Now I am in a dilemna. A friend asked me to be the official photographer for her wedding. In the past, I have had friends that would tell me they loved my pics better than their paid photographer - just lucky - anyway - I took my Canon Eos Elan as a backup, my small Casio Exilim digital and my fairly new Canon Rebel T3 - I know my issue is most likely user error - I asked the group if I bought the Rebel, could I still use my Tamron lenses that I bought to use with the Eos Elan - general consensus said yes. I used it several times prior to the wedding - some pics came out - some didn't. At the wedding I had my strobeframe and speedlite - well some pics came out - some didn't . Thought it weird for I always take 2 of same image - one came out - the next might come out as if I was shaking the camera - may I send an example for you to help me troubleshoot ?
Is there a software out there that may allow to recover some of these images? Between the 3 cameras - I took over 600 - so I hope something comes out. Not that it will help me know, but do any of you know a small workshop or class I could take to get on top of the Canon Rebel T3 - never had this kind of problem when I was just using film. Guess I get a little frustrated with the delay, but the upside is as with any digital you can see you pic immediately. My parents gave me my first camera when I was in third grade - a Brownie - since then I have had the opportunity to take pics underwater, video, and in a scientific manner (TEM, SEM, fluorescent). I know I always have much to learn with the new technology.
Appreciate any comments.
Thanks so much
Barbara
P.S. I do have Adobe Photoshop 6.0 (which I use more than Adobe Photoshop CS2) also use Picasa 3 often for quick editing.
