Very nice...the first two are especially sharp !

Thanks to Gartmore for judging and congratulations to the winners. I really liked gully's shot, especially how the street and verges are mirrored in the head and hair of the subject ....well done.

Street scene in Marrakech. Ist DS + FA 24-90

I like them both. Very striking and would look great blown up and hanging on a plain wall.

I like number 3 the best .... very sharp and lovely colours.

I like it....very nice

Inspired by your post I dug out the 24-90 and used it at Gilbert Whites House in Selborne Hampshire. Great lens and so handy.

Lovely colours on the first one. Put me off my breakfast though.

5 replies in 8 minutes...is this a record ?

philstaff

The camera is asking what focal length the lens is for the shake-reduction. Because the lens can't comunicate with the body you need to select 50 and press ok

You have the camera set to AFS. This means the shutter will only fire when the green hexagon is lit (focus confirmation). This can be useful if you have difficulty manually focusing...it is called focus trap. If you set the focus to manual you will be able to fire the shutter irrespective of the green hexagon.

As far as unsharp pictures..... It could be that you had the shake reduction set wrongly ? Or your focusing is not up to scratch ?? Might be the lens is knackered. The only way to test for sure is to set it on a tripod and take lots of test shots. Make sure the SR is off on a tripod. (2 sec timer switches it off automatically.