John H. wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:46:17 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:55:27 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:36:32 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:54:27 -0500, John H.
wrote:


Oh, I didn't recall your having done that. Now I feel better about taking
mine in. It's either the lens, the camera, or me. Hopefully it's not the
latter!
Did you happen to check the diopter setting on the camera?

Your lens may be focusing properly, but you're not seeing it because
the diopter may be off.

Ask me how I know that. :)
I've set the diopter for my atrocious vision. The problem isn't noticeable
in the camera, thru the lens or on the monitor. It becomes obvious when I
crop the picture and then blow up the cropped image in my computer. Of
course, by then it's a little late to go back and retake the picture.
It's not a lens problem - it's a picture taking problem. It might be
a sensor problem in the camera, but if you are seeing the image
through the lens fine, then it's not the lens - it's the camera or
it's the way you set the variables - like ISO, aperture and/or shutter
speed.

Most problems are with ISO settings for the light conditions - it's
either too slow (100) or too fast (800 +) and aperture setting.

Thanks for the response though.

BTW, How do you know that?
Because I sent my E-300 back for service and it turns out that the
diopter was off - D'OH!!!

The problem is a focus problem. I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm
just stating a fact.

Here's an example:

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...wenblurred.jpg

This is cropped, but not much. If you zoom in anywhere, you'll see it's not
in good focus. It's not sharp. At least, it's not sharp enough for me. And,
I think it's due to the auto-focus of the lens.

I didn't even try manual focus. Now I wish I had the lens just to see if I
could focus it better. But, by now it's in Nikon's trusty hands.

Is this jpg straight out of the camera or did you any PP?