I'm sorry for posting this, but I figure the only way to learn is to ask, and who better to ask than the experts?
A few years ago I bought a Pentax 28-80 camera with a wide angle lens, and I have no idea how to use it. (I bought it used, so it didn't come with a manual.) Every time I take pictures with it, something goes screwy. My main problem is that when I take a picture under low lighting conditions, it takes forever for the shutter to click and the pic comes out blurry. I am clueless when it comes to manual photography, so how do I fix this? Do I need to buy a flash? Or simply do some adjusting?
There are two buttons on top of the camera. The left one says OSI, with a range of -3 to +3. I keep it set on 0 because I don't know what else to do.
On the right side is another button with a range of numbers going up to 2000. I keep it set on automatic, but should I be doing somethng differently?
Finally, right where the lens meets the body, there's a series of numbers from 3.5 to 22. Again, I keep it set on automatic, but should I manually adjust this for low lighting?
As I said above, I'm sorry for posting something elementary. But if anybody could help me, or at least tell me what manual to buy, I would be eternally grateful. I just got another batch of messed-up pics today.
A few years ago I bought a Pentax 28-80 camera with a wide angle lens, and I have no idea how to use it. (I bought it used, so it didn't come with a manual.) Every time I take pictures with it, something goes screwy. My main problem is that when I take a picture under low lighting conditions, it takes forever for the shutter to click and the pic comes out blurry. I am clueless when it comes to manual photography, so how do I fix this? Do I need to buy a flash? Or simply do some adjusting?
There are two buttons on top of the camera. The left one says OSI, with a range of -3 to +3. I keep it set on 0 because I don't know what else to do.
On the right side is another button with a range of numbers going up to 2000. I keep it set on automatic, but should I be doing somethng differently?
Finally, right where the lens meets the body, there's a series of numbers from 3.5 to 22. Again, I keep it set on automatic, but should I manually adjust this for low lighting?
As I said above, I'm sorry for posting something elementary. But if anybody could help me, or at least tell me what manual to buy, I would be eternally grateful. I just got another batch of messed-up pics today.