04-03-2014, 06:59 PM
Hi,
Many thanks for your suggestion Lawrence. I never even considered looking at the lens because I need to switch the camera on to view the lens so out of sight out of mind? I've just had a look though and you are bang on; the lens appears smeared; is it OK to use pure alcohol to clean the lens with? I'll clean the lens tomorrow because the lighting is too poor at the moment to see what I'm doing.
I'm sure that you are also correct Colin in that the sun is also aggravating the problem; the full sun was hitting the garage entrance hence I tried some shots with the doors closed but there is safety wired glass in the doors so it's possible the sun wasn't helping; yes I was trying to take pictures with the sun to my side so really a double problem; the smeared lens and the sun.
I'm pleased I posted this request for help because I'm sure others must suffer from the same problems with their cameras; it's nice to have so many experts on the forum willing to help novices out like me; thank you.
I mentioned in another thread that our land-line phone had gone down and that the last time this happened the problem was because a Virgin Media engineer had disconnected us at the control box in front of our bungalow giving our connection to a new subscriber. The engineer came out as arranged and on time this afternoon; great stuff there are ten connections in the box and we are number eleven; once again we've been disconnected when in fact we should be number one having been with the company for well over twenty years? Our line is still down but more connections are now going to be added and we are promised to be on the phone again within 24 hours? Our TV is also on the way out because the colours are failing but I'm not too bothered given the endless bad news and sport it keeps throwing at us. Fortunately though it still plays downloaded movies from DVD like a good un.
I'll play with the camera again tomorrow and report back; two glorious days on the trot here; must be summer?
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks for your suggestion Lawrence. I never even considered looking at the lens because I need to switch the camera on to view the lens so out of sight out of mind? I've just had a look though and you are bang on; the lens appears smeared; is it OK to use pure alcohol to clean the lens with? I'll clean the lens tomorrow because the lighting is too poor at the moment to see what I'm doing.
I'm sure that you are also correct Colin in that the sun is also aggravating the problem; the full sun was hitting the garage entrance hence I tried some shots with the doors closed but there is safety wired glass in the doors so it's possible the sun wasn't helping; yes I was trying to take pictures with the sun to my side so really a double problem; the smeared lens and the sun.
I'm pleased I posted this request for help because I'm sure others must suffer from the same problems with their cameras; it's nice to have so many experts on the forum willing to help novices out like me; thank you.
I mentioned in another thread that our land-line phone had gone down and that the last time this happened the problem was because a Virgin Media engineer had disconnected us at the control box in front of our bungalow giving our connection to a new subscriber. The engineer came out as arranged and on time this afternoon; great stuff there are ten connections in the box and we are number eleven; once again we've been disconnected when in fact we should be number one having been with the company for well over twenty years? Our line is still down but more connections are now going to be added and we are promised to be on the phone again within 24 hours? Our TV is also on the way out because the colours are failing but I'm not too bothered given the endless bad news and sport it keeps throwing at us. Fortunately though it still plays downloaded movies from DVD like a good un.
I'll play with the camera again tomorrow and report back; two glorious days on the trot here; must be summer?
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
