[Wompa]

Hi.

I have found that the kit lense 18-55 gives me some what blurry images.

Please tell me what can be wrong.

Im usin TaAv at 1/50 and 3.5 aperture when 18mm then my K5 gives me 1600iso.

The images gets not that sharp as I want. Can my UV-filter on the camera make the camer focus off or something.. the ISO blurr feels like its to much and what I have read is that people are very pleased with the blurr from the K5 when used on high ISO. I feel the opposite.

Here is one pictures... can it be Im thinking that is a better lense than it is?

F/5.6
1/50
ISO 1600
18mm

[twitch]

There's too many variables to say for sure. You need to isolate lens performance @ 18mm from 1) UV filter 2) camera shake (1/50 is too slow for sharp hand held pics) 3) high ISO.

I recommend taking the filter off, go outside in good light, then use 1/500 or faster or even better a tripod, and see how your lens performs @ 18mm.

You might have too high expectatios though, it's a kit lens and it's not that strong @ 18mm let alone 18mm and wide open.

[bobmaxja]

At f3.5 you will get a small amountin the photo that will in focus. Also we not know where you focus.
Time to buy the book EXPOSURE.

[Wheatfield]

Looks to me like the point of focus is on the floor beside the license plate.

[Adam]

That image doesn't look bad at for those parameters and considering that it was hand-held. If you want to get sharper indoor images, consider upgrading to a higher-end lens (i.e. tamron 17-50mm F2.8) or use a tripod whenever possible.

DA* 16-50mm vs. Sigma and Tamron 17-50mm Comparison - Introduction

[kh1234567890]

PhotoME shows that your K-5 was using the centre top AF point. You would get a better control of where it focuses by using the centre focus mode and recomposing.