Comments on: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II lens == bad image quality!!!

By: Jayce

Jayce — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:00:48 +0000

Sony good? Sony is expensive. I prefer Nikon than Sony.

By: mrhalf

mrhalf — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:27:46 +0000

quit canon !! buy konica or sony (DSLR) XD

>>>promoting…..

By: Jayce

Jayce — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:57:44 +0000

Hi Gavin,
Thanks for the tips. It sure help me a lot.

By: Gavin the photographer

Gavin the photographer — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:29:48 +0000

Oh, I looked at your gallery. Shoot in M or AV. You aren’t getting sharp images because you shoot at f14 and f11 outdoors. never shoot above f8 if you can avoid it; the diffusion softens the image too much. don’t be afraid to take the 400D up to ISO 800 indoors; the grain is worth the extra 100% in light.

Learn your settings.

High ISO = grain
Low ISO = need more light
High F-stop = diffusion
Low f-stop = smaller DOF (good and bad)
High shutter speed = frozen images
Low shutter speed = blurry images

By: Gavin the photographer

Gavin the photographer — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:22:45 +0000

For the price, the quality on the 18-55 is great. As for indoor use, bump up your ISO (shoot in PSAM) to reduce your blur. Learn your settings and you will maximize the SLR ability. Professionals don’t need great cameras to make great pictures. We use our understanding of photography and equipment to make the equipment carry out our vision.

As for the sharpness, bump up the internal sharpness in camera (or do it in post). The 18-55 is actually fairly sharp for a kit lens and does better than non-canon brands.

The 50 1.4 is my favorite lens. It’s the best price for image quality in the Canon lineup. I wouldn’t knock the 18-55 though. I have 2.8 from 16-200mm; but if I didn’t drop $5K I’d use that kit lens a bunch.

By: Jayce

Jayce — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:56:33 +0000

No more new PC system for me this year lo… Maybe next year also cannot buy due to most of the money will go for better lens already…

By: Bernie

Bernie — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:58:39 +0000

Wah lao, you actually got a camera. Wished I had the money to get one lol.

By: Jayce

Jayce — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:00:41 +0000

Any time you want… But the current lens quality not good. Maybe wait after I buy EF 50mm F1.4 USM first.

By: Learning to use Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR camera by Jayce Ooi’s Paradise

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:39:47 +0000

[…] Wow… SLR camera is fun. It took me quite some time to familiar with all its functions. The camera is great but the lens suck. […]

By: Wong Chi Wei

Wong Chi Wei — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:56:22 +0000

wahaha….so long didn’t see u (almost 2 weeks. :)). u finally get your camera. when will u gonna takes a photo album to me? i will be your first model… haha…