I'm really hoping someone on here can help me with this problem. I'm using a canon 600d to shoot video. At times it can shoot great HD but I cannot get it to shoot wide angle shots as I would like them to look. The wide angle "landscape" type shots always lack definition.
Here is what typicaly happens : Using the lens at 18mm I film a wide angle shot with trees in the distance, The leaves on the trees at all distance are blurred and shapeless even if the camera is still on a tripod.
When I zoom in on something or a subject fills the frame this doesn't happen at all. I have tried hundreds of different approaches including using a 50mm prime. the result was the same.
I have used different shutter speeds from 30 to super fast. I mainly use a natural setting with minimal or no sharpening but I have tried it all ways. I have also tried post sharpening. It helps but not much. I try to never use ISO over 400.
I realise that these softer shots sometimes look great , filmic and draw the eye to the colour rather than the shapes but what if you want definition. ?
Here is a video that exhibits some of the problem. The shots of the wild boar are good (well sharp anyway
) and thats the main thing but check out 1 minute 8 seconds to 1 minute 20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlTMyLFA9w
It kind of works because its nice autumn colours but you can even tell what types of trees they are by the leaves. The clips of wild boar and birds are using a 70-300 lens which is in a different league I know but Like I say trees in the background didn't look any better with the 50mm prime. I have also experimented with aperture size as obviously For this type of shot I might want a large depth of field.. Any advice greatly appreciated.
ps. Its one area where the camcorder I used to use far exceeds the 600d which makes me think it might be a due to the rolling shutter of the dslr... Thats my hunch but any input greatly appreciated.
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