RE: fillm --- I buy cartons of the Kodak 'zoom film' at Costco at pretty good prices,
but
the choice of film is a personal preference. different brands may
produce slightly different color balances and the like and you should experiment
until you find your personal preference.
In terms of selecting additional lenses you need to give careful attention to
'what' you want to photograph.
If you are indoors and doing available light you will want a fixed focal length
in the 28-50 mm range and the fastest one you can afford. --- the cheapest is
a 50 mm f 1.7 -- the so called 'normal lense'.
A school basket ball game works pretty well with a 135 mm f2.8
If it is baseball you might want a stronger lens-- maybe a 200mm
If you are a hiker and need to travel without a herd of different lenses,
consider a zoom with greater range. such as a 28-200 or a 28-300.
I've had both.--- Indeed my 28-200 is being sold on Ebay as I write this
as I have bought the 28-300 as a replacement.
If you like to photograph landscapes--- you will want wider than 28 mm
and if you want to photogragh wild animals you will want the strongest
telephoto you can afford.
Michael Krutsinger wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. Figuring out if blurry means out of focus or camera motion
>IS the
> question. AF is on, the lens is AF. I'll try increasing the film to an ASA
>800...anyone
> have any comments as to BRAND of film?
> We have a nice weekend coming up here in the Seattle area...I'll get outside and
>take a
> roll or two.
> On another subject, I'd like to get a telephoto lens soon. Right now my zx-30 has
>only a
> 28-80mm and is begging for more! Do you think it is too soon for me to buy another
>lens?
> Mike
>
> "Robert P. VanNatta" wrote:
>
> > is the 'AF-MF' switch in the 'AF' position? Do you have an 'AF' lense on it.
> >
> > You need to figure out if 'blurry' means 'out of focus' or camera motion.
> >
> > If you jerk the camera when you release the shutter you can cause a problem
> > in most any photo.
> >
> > Try the following:
> > a) verify that you have an auto focus lense and that the auto focus is
> > turned on.
> > b) if not an autofocus lense, then turn the auto focus off and manually
>focus.
> > (the switch is a slider on the left front beside the lens).
> >
> > c) If you were shooting indoors without the flash you may have gotten
> > some really long exposures (several seconds) particularly
> > if you were using a zoom lense (they are usually pretty slow)
> > and also if you used fairly slow film.
> >
> > d) I suggest using ASA 800 film if you are taking snapshots
> > and don't plan on large blowups.
> >
> > e) you also need to watch the shutter speed and even if you have
> > a fairly steady hand 'shake' will start to show up around 1/30
>of
> > a second or slower.
> >
> > The worst possible combination for getting a picture is indoors, no flash, slow
>film
> > and a zoom lens.
> >
> > To convince yourself the camera is working properly---take a series of pictures
> > outdoors (in good lighting---as in mid day) and see if any of those photos
> > have a problem.
> >
> > Michael Krutsinger wrote:
> >
> > > I recently purchased a pentax zx-30. I shot a couple rolls of film and just got
>them
> > > back. I was surprised to find that many shots came out blurry. I am unsure what
>speed
> > > film I was using, but had the camera set on green operation mode. I was taking
>candid
> > > photos of people at a party so there wasn't enough "action" to warrant the use
>of the
> > > action mode...or so I thought. Besides, only some came out blurry, others came
>out
> > > perfect.
> > > Anyone else have this problem or any professionals have any advice?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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