Help with Canon 300D question

[boydaa]

I have a Canon 300D that I purchased quite a while back and I have been using it for general snapshots and family vacation stuff for a while and been generally happy with it. I decided to get more serious and start trying to get some better pictures with it, mostly outdoor stuff and maybe some portrait of the kids and such. Should I be able to get really nice photos with this camera body, with practice and some good lenses? I have been using my Canon 28-105 EF 1:3.5-4.5 USMII mostly and have just not been happy with the results. I have a Sigma 70-300 1:4-5.6 that seems to produce a much sharper image. My question is, should the 28-105 lens produce sharp images, or is the 300D body the limiting factor? Since the Sigma lens seems to produce a nicer image, I feel the 28-105 lens may be the problem and not the body. Also, another factor could be the fact that my niece droped my 28-105 lens a while back, but I didn't see any noticable damage, but maybe it is internal. Anyway, bottom line...will the 300D body and a good lens produce a nice crisp, sharp image, if the guy behind the camera knows what he is doing, or am I expecting too much from this camera? Any opinions would be most helpful.

[cyclohexane]

, another factor could be the fact that my niece droped my 28-105 lens a while back, but I didn't see any noticable damage, but maybe it is internal

Cameras and lenses are precision instruments. The drop probably knocked the 28-105 out of alignment, which is preventing your from getting a sharp image from it. Your nearest authorized Canon service center can probably realign it for you.

[Max@Home]

Originally Posted by boydaa

I have a Canon 300D that I purchased quite a while back and I have been using it for general snapshots and family vacation stuff for a while and been generally happy with it. I decided to get more serious and start trying to get some better pictures with it, mostly outdoor stuff and maybe some portrait of the kids and such. Should I be able to get really nice photos with this camera body, with practice and some good lenses?

Yes, very much so!

I have been using my Canon 28-105 EF 1:3.5-4.5 USMII mostly and have just not been happy with the results. I have a Sigma 70-300 1:4-5.6 that seems to produce a much sharper image. My question is, should the 28-105 lens produce sharp images, or is the 300D body the limiting factor? Since the Sigma lens seems to produce a nicer image, I feel the 28-105 lens may be the problem and not the body. Also, another factor could be the fact that my niece droped my 28-105 lens a while back, but I didn't see any noticable damage, but maybe it is internal. Anyway, bottom line...will the 300D body and a good lens produce a nice crisp, sharp image, if the guy behind the camera knows what he is doing, or am I expecting too much from this camera? Any opinions would be most helpful.

...the drop that your niece caused will probably have misaligned some internal elements, as Cyclo said: send it to Canon Repair and have it calibrated, nothing too wrong with the 28-105F3.5-F4.5 II , nice lens for the money

...€0.02...

Kindest regards!

Max@Home

[jnsuffolk]

I owned a 300d for about 4 years. I had the 28-135mm lens which isn't the sharpest lens. and the 18-55m kit lens. and I got to tell you I think the pictures out of my 300d were sharper than that of my 40d. They came out beautiful almost every time. Must be a lens issue

[boydaa]

Thanks guys, that is what I was thinking. I will have the lens sent in for repair.