Blurry faces with default settings?

Erik Palm · March 10th, 2007, 04:22 AM

I hope Canon will be able to fix it. Perhaps some A1 have poor back focus. Let you know how Canon handles this/Erik

Bill Busby · March 10th, 2007, 05:05 AM

I haven't noticed a back focus problem, but I have noticed the "plastic skin" shot in SD with the A1. That's how I describe it anyway. It's like skin detail is over adjusted, but it's off. I have other issues regarding SD with the A1 and I've never owned a camera that requires so much tweaking for such a seemingly simple thing. When the time comes where I find some SD settings I can live with, I'll post them here. HD though doesn't have this problem.

Bill

Jan Luethje · March 10th, 2007, 08:32 AM

I could neither see the effect in HDV - or at least, it is not that obvious. So it could be a mere SD problem. My cam came back from service yesterday. The techs there also tested the whole 'plastic skin' issue. One of them told me, that it's definetly NOT a back focus problem or -in their eyes- a problem to be fixed at all. "That's just the way the camera is. " Well, he admitted, that the image would in fact look quite soft in SD without tweaking. "But you know, all type of Canon cams got some weak points. For example, the XM2 (Gl2) has a strange, somehow built-in color shift towards margenta..." He also mentioned, that -when opening the cam, to fix a broken earphone-jack- he was quite impressed, how good the manufacturing quality was - "much better than the GL2."

Looks like I'll have to live with this effect, diminish it by tweaking the settings-and turn to HDV postpro as quickly as possible. For I love the cam apart from this point -it has so many pros- that's okay for me.

March 10th, 2007, 04:22 AM	#16
Erik Palm Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 64	Also returned mine I hope Canon will be able to fix it. Perhaps some A1 have poor back focus. Let you know how Canon handles this/Erik

March 10th, 2007, 05:05 AM	#17
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	I haven't noticed a back focus problem, but I have noticed the "plastic skin" shot in SD with the A1. That's how I describe it anyway. It's like skin detail is over adjusted, but it's off. I have other issues regarding SD with the A1 and I've never owned a camera that requires so much tweaking for such a seemingly simple thing. When the time comes where I find some SD settings I can live with, I'll post them here. HD though doesn't have this problem. Bill

March 10th, 2007, 08:32 AM	#18
Jan Luethje Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 89	I could neither see the effect in HDV - or at least, it is not that obvious. So it could be a mere SD problem. My cam came back from service yesterday. The techs there also tested the whole 'plastic skin' issue. One of them told me, that it's definetly NOT a back focus problem or -in their eyes- a problem to be fixed at all. "That's just the way the camera is. " Well, he admitted, that the image would in fact look quite soft in SD without tweaking. "But you know, all type of Canon cams got some weak points. For example, the XM2 (Gl2) has a strange, somehow built-in color shift towards margenta..." He also mentioned, that -when opening the cam, to fix a broken earphone-jack- he was quite impressed, how good the manufacturing quality was - "much better than the GL2." Looks like I'll have to live with this effect, diminish it by tweaking the settings-and turn to HDV postpro as quickly as possible. For I love the cam apart from this point -it has so many pros- that's okay for me.