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 Posted: Fri Dec 22nd, 2006 06:12 pm
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hello, i have been taking photographs for a year now. i have a NON-DIGITAL SLR (RICOH)

it was passed to me from my dad, but i reset the camera setting buy mistake.

ANYWAY, i put everything back to AUTOMATIC now but i just CANT seem to get / produce a sharp picture. it seems to be, well it is blured.only 4 out of 36 are clear.

i always place my camera on a tripod.and use a flash or auto flash.

would it help to put the ISO up higher than the actual film auto settings (200)

please any help would be greatfull!

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 Posted: Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 12:23 am
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"reset" - what do you mean by this

blurriness is usually a function of the lens not being able to put a sharp image on the film plane or movement / shake

so if you are taking shots on the tripod then shaking is out of the question as the cause ?

but if you think the metering is wrong and that maybe causing you to shake try the sunny 16 rule

On a sunny day correct exposure will be close (not exactly) to shutter speed = film speed at F16

so for an ISO 50 film set the shutter speed to 1/60 - 1/125 for a film rated at ISO 100 and so on.

this way you can check your metering.

does the image look sharp through the view finder ? - i am assuming its a SLR not viewfinder camera - then that should be ok

other than that the next thing that could go wrong when the film is not spooled properly and isn't flat - you can test this by putting film in winding it on and keeping the back open to see if there is a problem or by removing the lens and put the camera on B setting open the shutter and look to see if the film is flat

other than that not sure what could be causing the problems - there is a start - be systematic in how you test this - hope this helps

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