tips on olympus trip

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Is it normal for olympus trip pictures to look like this? It seems like the whites are over exposed and has hazy glow to it.

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Firstly, no, it's not normal. The Trip has a decent meter and a good lens, if all is working well.

I'm not sure what's happened there.
 
Lens elements hazed over or scratched, and you need to adjust the ISO setting for the age of the meter. Those are my guesses. And your second photo doesn't show in the message.

PF
 
wiped it

wiped it

i already wiped it with a lens cloth. what else can i do to ensure that the lens is clean. its hard to tell because the lens is so small.
 
Looks like harsh noon sun causing flare from the reflexion on the car.

Do other photo's have the same problem?
 
Dirty/oily,scratched or uncoated lens? Over-exposure due to meter cell age? Or, as unlikely as it sounds, a bad anti-halation layer on the film?
 
Ninh, the haze would be on the inside of the lens, which could be any one of or a combination of dirt, oil, and fungus. Lens element separation can also cause the flaring too if it's bad enough.

You have to look through the lens with the shutter on B to see any faults, or shine a light on it with the shutter closed to be able to tell if it's in a front group of elements, or a back group (this doesn't help with a rear shutter mount lens).

Scratches can also be hard to see, unless you look at the front element with a magnifying lens, and at an angle. One or two won't hurt, but many will degrade the image greatly, like in the photo below.


Enter by br1078phot, on Flickr

And this is the culprit.


P1080404_2 by br1078phot, on Flickr

Aggressive cleaning of a very dirty lens can be highly damaging.

PF
 
What the others said. Just wanted to add, that the lens might be great for romantic portraits or for foggy landscapes.

BTW - that car, is it a Camaro, Ranchero, or? Looks slightly smaller and with a more angled nose than the Ranchero 500 my dad drove when I was a teenager.
 
What the others said. Just wanted to add, that the lens might be great for romantic portraits or for foggy landscapes.

BTW - that car, is it a Camaro, Ranchero, or? Looks slightly smaller and with a more angled nose than the Ranchero 500 my dad drove when I was a teenager.

'72 Ford Ranchero

PF
 
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