maciek_stankiewicz Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 <p> Hi Everyone,<br> I just got nice P&S camera (Premier M-710) with fixed 30mm f3.5 all-glass lens.<br> After seeing shots from the first roll I discovered that something is wrong with the sharpness.<br> <strong>Top part of the picture is blurry in most of the pictures.</strong><br> Lens is clean, like new, not damaged. <br> <strong> Is it something wrong with lens' optical geometry (barrel at the wrong angle) or film not being perfectly flat? What do You think? </strong><br> Here are some resized pictures with red arrows showing the problem.<br> <strong> Thanks,</strong><br> <em> M.S.</em></p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rick_drawbridge Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 <p><strong>Maciek</strong>, I'm frankly surprised that the images are as good as they are! This is pretty much a bottom-of-the-barrel photographic machine....I spotted a couple this morning on our local auction, included in a bunch of six similar cameras, with a start price of ten bucks...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciek_stankiewicz Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 <p>Rick! It's good to see You on this forum as well :) <br /> Well, yes, pictures are OK, quite nice especially for Premier, being cheaper brand. <br /> The corners are sharper than the center of the frame, which is quite unusual...<br /> I have to say I really like this camera, it's so small, made of aluminium, with very nice viewfinder. AF is not that good, but I'll say more in my upcoming review :)<br /> Interesting camera, get one for good price if You can.<br /> M.S.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_linn Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 <p>I think it might as likely be the processor as the camera.</p> <p>Have your next roll processed somewhere else and see what happens.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 <p>Yeah, when the lens is labeled "Glass" you can't expect too much from it. I'd say your results are pretty good considering.</p> <p>Here is what may be an even "fancier" lens -- it's not just "Glass," but "Optical Glass." Whoo-eee.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 <p><strong>JDM</strong>, I hadn't realised that the "Time" actually took pictures! I'd assumed it squirted water when you pressed the button... No too bad, either, though of course the lens<em> is</em> "<strong>Optical</strong> Glass"....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maderik Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 <p>Some of those toy cameras leave off the word "glass" (perhaps because they use plastic) resulting in a description of simply "optical lens." Sometimes these fancy optical lenses even have "auto fix focus".</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciek_stankiewicz Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 <p>Wow! JDM, it's not only an Optical Glass Lens, It also have serial number proudly painted! :)<br> OK, jokes aside, that tiny Premier camera feels really nice and solid. It's way different than other cheap P&S cameras. Feels much more solid than famous Olympus Stylus Epic so I was hoping that it may be a nice "sleeper". Lens is performing very well from corner to corner, except for the marked area. <br> Now I'm little disappointed and trying to understand what may be wrong... Hopefully it's a pressure plate which I already adjusted to press little stronger. Time for a new roll...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrik_lauridsen Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 <p>A 50mm lens with a max aperture of f/6, you sure don't see that every day :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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