[davidmanze]

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply. These were taken at f/8 - my usual for shots where I want a range of things in focus. 50mm focal length, ISO 200, 1/320s. I save RAW + Fine Jpeg and this is the fine JPEG straight from the camera. The RAW doesn't look a lot better.



I thought it was background haze too initially but I've found that the 'haze' has now been cropping up in almost all shooting conditions.



Here are two photos from Hawaii and California where I thought the camera was working fine:

http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Hawaii-...bcx13&qo=0

http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Lost-Co...bcx13&qo=1



and here are two recent photos from Bhutan which I think are fine too but as I mentioned they are mostly at one distance:



http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-...bcx13&qo=2

http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Bhutan-...bcx13&qo=3



DeviantArt shows the EXIF info too and you can blow up the image to the full size which will give you the JPEG straight from the camera. Some more recent photos where I think the focus/quality is problematic:



http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-296398025

http://abcx13.deviantart.com/art/Dartmoor-NP-296398195



Sorry I can't post images inline due to the attachment limit so I uploaded them to deviantart.

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Hi again,

Well I'm flicking from one photo to another and the forest waterfall scene doesn't look anymore contrasty than the dartmoor scene,in fact the opposite, I'm really struggling not to reiterate the word "haze" and "angle of light" but then I wasn't there!

At F8 the lens seems decently sharp,all but the extreme corners so it's not a problem with sharpness.(there is a small problem of DR, the clouds are burnt white a bit) I know it might sound a silly question,is the glass completely clear? Other than that see if you can find/borrow another lens to try, if you have a comparison between the shots it's a lots more obvious.

UV filters,I have found several instances of degregation of image using UV filters? or UV haze by a lack of them, also did you have a lens hood fitted?

To me I think I'd be happy given that it is a kit lens,I'd process in RAW jack up the contrast try and recuperate the burnt clouds and go away fairly happy!

I call it how I see it.



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