goutam_mitra1

Thanks a lot for the help.

My pictures have improved dramatically after having set the apertures at f/16 and f/22. Thanks for the advice. The shutter speed is controlled automatically in this camera so I did not have to worry much about that.

One thing still beats me. When do you effectively use apertures like f/8 and f/11 (on a 28 mm lens)?

Thanks much in advance

Goutam

I am a beginner in photography.

I have recently acquired a 35 mm SLR camera Olumpus L-20 28-110mm.

I have been experimenting a lot with different aperture sizes and

have repeatedly got pictures with poor sharpness using wider

apertures like f/8 and f/11. I used these during a particularly

cloudy day for shooting in the outdoors. For most pictures, where the

subjects (flowers) have been as close as a meter away and where I had

assessed the focus through the viewfinder, the sharpness of the main

subject was poor. I have used a tripod in all my pictures and a

ISO100 Fujifilm. I had basically exhausted the full roll and not one

picture showed up well. Could anyone please explain what could be

going wrong?