C+C please? Just cant get sharp images!

[lepierce3]

Hi
So I went out to practice on my sister the other day, and while they look fantastic on my tablet, when I put them on the computer I can see them for what they really are, blurry and lacking in color. I just dont know what to do about getting sharp images. I'm using an olymous E-300 with a zuiko 18-180mm lens. I've read some people have trouble with softer images with that lens, but mine seem to be crazy blurry. Any help would be great! I used a wide aperature, but I switched it up a bit so I dont know the exact aperature.

Any advice on this and any other issues you spot would be great!

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[unpopular]

There is sharpness there, just not on the girl.

I prefer spot AF for non-moving subjects (which is all I really do). Do you know what AF mode you're using?

 

[Sw1tchFX]

That lens sucks, by anyone's standards. You should look into getting the Zuiko 50mm f/2 Macro..one of the sharpest lenses you can get for an SLR. That lens is just unbelievable and would be a really sweet portrait length.

 

[lepierce3]

Well, I had it on C-AF but I thought that was wrong and changed it to S-AF. I want it to focus on what I pick and then let me move the camera to recompose, but the focal point changes too, and I can't figure out how to stop that...I thought S-AF would fix the problem but I don't think it did?

 

[lepierce3]

That lens sucks, by anyone's standards. You should look into getting the Zuiko 50mm f/2 Macro..one of the sharpest lenses you can get for an SLR. That lens is just unbelievable and would be a really sweet portrait length.

Well, good to know I'm not the only one with problems with it lol

Hmm I am currently saving for a Nikon, so I don't really want to spend anymore money on the olympus (It's so old lol, I took it over from my parents after they lost interest in it). Is there a similar lens to the one you suggested for a Nikon instead?

 

[amolitor]

There's probably SOME way to make it keep the focus.

Commonly: press the shutter release button halfway to focus. KEEP IT PRESSED HALFWAY, recompose, now press it the rest of the way down.

Some cameras do not work this way and require that you press some other button to hold the focus. Some cameras may require you to use the settings menus to program a button to do this (that is, they may not have ANY way to do it until you set the camera to do it).

Consult your manual -- this is pretty much a mandatory feature for using auto-focus in a controllable way.