sbakewell0508
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Ok, so I have a Nikon D90 and I went out shooting this last weekend, and I am beyond frustrated with my results. I normally shoot in auto focus mode, but i actually read a book about my camera and discovered single point focus and dynamic area focus. I also wanted to try manual focusing (i used to manual focus on a static camera for years)
Almost every single one of my photos is blurry! When I was out shooting I made sure to do every shot twice, once manual focus and one with single point focus. I can understand my manual focus shots being blurry... except that they looked great through the viewfinder... i know that will come with practice, but really they did look fine through my lens. (I was using a 50mm 1.8F) On the single point, i always made sure to focus on my subjects eyes of course.
What is frustrating is that it was a overcast day, but still lots of light.. for most shots i stayed at 1/80 sec at a fstop of 10. while i know mine can go down to 1.8, i did not want a narrow depth of field. i did not use flash at first but when i went into an alley (using the settings above) i used flash to side light my subject and held a reflector to bounce back on her face.. .. i feel that the color is good.. the pics are not dark.. but just horribly blurry... even ones i used the flash.
any ideas what i may of done wrong or anything?
Almost every single one of my photos is blurry! When I was out shooting I made sure to do every shot twice, once manual focus and one with single point focus. I can understand my manual focus shots being blurry... except that they looked great through the viewfinder... i know that will come with practice, but really they did look fine through my lens. (I was using a 50mm 1.8F) On the single point, i always made sure to focus on my subjects eyes of course.
What is frustrating is that it was a overcast day, but still lots of light.. for most shots i stayed at 1/80 sec at a fstop of 10. while i know mine can go down to 1.8, i did not want a narrow depth of field. i did not use flash at first but when i went into an alley (using the settings above) i used flash to side light my subject and held a reflector to bounce back on her face.. .. i feel that the color is good.. the pics are not dark.. but just horribly blurry... even ones i used the flash.
any ideas what i may of done wrong or anything?