brendanaroni

I read this thread late last night was was going to reply but ended up reading about the Olympus 35mm shift lens instead then falling asleep. Now I want one too!

 

I'm going to blame the OP's problem on inexperience and the combination of the OM-10 with the shift lens. It's an odd paring. You could buy 5 to 10 OM-10s for what one of those shift lenses is fetching on eBay. If it really is this lens he has, then the most likely scenario is that he got if to use with a digital camera and decided he wanted to try it with film. The OM-10 is the cheapest way to go but not the best choice.

 

A different focusing screen is recommended for use with this lens. It is actually possible to change the focusing screen on an OM-10 but I doubt he did. Further, unless he has the manual adaptor for the OM-10 and knows how to use it, the camera will likely not expose correctly for this lens. The OP said he "believes" the shutter speed was 500 but if he didn't actually set the shutter speed, he relied on the aperture priority mode of the camera and it's likely going to be wrong if he shifted the lens. And why would you choose to use an expensive shift lens if you weren't going to shift?

 

To use the lens correctly, you have to determine the exposure using an external meter or using the camera's meter with the lens unshifted. Then set the exposure manually and shift then lens. His samples do look like they're exposed more or less correctly so maybe he got it right. However, with this lens, slow shutter speeds and a tripod are also recommended.

 

Using this lens seems fidgety enough that if you're new to film, the chances of something going wrong are pretty high, - especially with a camera that's not really a good match for it.[/quote

 

Sorry, yes I ended up getting another om ten. I was using a manual adapter shooting with the sunny 16 method. I soon realized that the manual adapter wasn’t always consistent but I would always meter at 1/500 so that’s why I said I assumed it was 1/500.

I don't know. If the Shutter Speed was 1/500s then there should be no reason for blur - unless you had a very long FL lens, like 500mm - but it does look like severe blur to me and not out of focus.

 

WW

It was 35mm tilt shift lens

These definitely look like out-of-focus images to me. If the viewfinder shows that they are in focus, maybe the mirror or the prism is out of alignment. Maybe the lens is also out of alignment, but there are too many variables to know for sure.

 

A good way to check that the lens is good is to test it on a digital camera with an adapter. So if the lens is good, then you know something is off in the camera. If you put on a prime lens, and set it to infinity, the horizon (or the moon, etc.) should be in focus in the viewfinder. Don't use zooms to test the camera, as they are introduce variables you don't want.

Okay, thank you i’ll Try that

I don't want to offend anyone, but --just to make sure--you are aware that this camera does not have autofocus?

Yes I’m aware it has no auto focus, for every photo I took my time focusing manually and they were basically crystal clear in the viewfinder

The large image DOES appear to have Motion Blur. It appears that the camera was moving diagonally from top right to bottom left as the Shutter was open.

 

What was the Shutter Speed?

WW

Do you know what wrong with it?

The large image DOES appear to have Motion Blur. It appears that the camera was moving diagonally from top right to bottom left as the Shutter was open.

 

What was the Shutter Speed?

WW

I believe it was 500, I’m really new to film photography but I thought I took every precaution before this but The viewfinder was showing it as focused but not in the photo apparently