David Sweetman Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) I'm three days into shooting a summer camp on an xl1 with a standard 16x 5.5-88 zoom. I've been noticing a decent amount of vignetting, which has baffled me for one reason - it happens on the telephoto end of the zoom, and when you move in from wide to long, you can watch the effect increase. I was always under the impression that vignetting occoured at the wide end of the lens. Also, it occurs in low-light when I'm around f/2 or so. (it's the first time I've worked wide-open on an xl1, so maybe that's why I haven't seen it before) Is this issue standard with this lens? I kind of like the effect, but I might want to shoot something with an xl1 sometime where I don't want to see it. It's not my camera, so if it is a problem with this particular lens, it's not my problem to get fixed, but I would like to know if ALL of them are like that. oh and what causes it, if the explanatin isn't too involved? Well, here's to another four-plus hours tonight of logging and capturing... By the way, the camp is in New Mexico, and son of a gun, I want to shoot a western here. We passed through Arizona on the way, and those landscapes were incredible too. Edited July 19, 2006 by David Sweetman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Gladwell Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't for the life of me imagine what's going there, but it definitely sounds like the lens needs to go into a Canon service center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mott Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 maybe you are shooting in spotlight mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Greyson Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I'm three days into shooting a summer camp on an xl1 with a standard 16x 5.5-88 zoom. I've been noticing a decent amount of vignetting, which has baffled me for one reason - it happens on the telephoto end of the zoom, and when you move in from wide to long, you can watch the effect increase. I was always under the impression that vignetting occoured at the wide end of the lens. Also, it occurs in low-light when I'm around f/2 or so. (it's the first time I've worked wide-open on an xl1, so maybe that's why I haven't seen it before) Is this issue standard with this lens? I kind of like the effect, but I might want to shoot something with an xl1 sometime where I don't want to see it. It's not my camera, so if it is a problem with this particular lens, it's not my problem to get fixed, but I would like to know if ALL of them are like that. oh and what causes it, if the explanatin isn't too involved? Well, here's to another four-plus hours tonight of logging and capturing... By the way, the camp is in New Mexico, and son of a gun, I want to shoot a western here. We passed through Arizona on the way, and those landscapes were incredible too. What F stop are you at? Anything higher than F8 can resuly in funkiness... ash =o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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