Generic Sony H2 digital camera lens?

Question

I recently bought a sony h2 digital camera. I dont have much experience with lenses, nor did i have much money left, so i decided to get the generic brand of lenses for this camera. I put on the lens and set it to the right mode, but the picture picture comes out blurry. For example, I put on the telephoto lens and set the camera to the telephoto mode, and then as i look through the camera to take a picture, I notice the center view was ok but the outer portion of the view had a big blur. For those who have more experience with messing with lens, is this what a GENERIC BRAND of telephoto lens does, or is this what all telephoto lenses do?

Answer 1

I have a Sony H1 and a telephoto adapter. It works fine, so I think there are a couple of things involved with your experience.

1) For most pics you do not really need the lens you bought. The H2 comes with a high quality integrated lens that has a very wide zoom range and long telephoto. You only need the add-on telephoto adapter if you need to get shots of very far away subjects.

2) Lens quality varies greatly. A lower quality generic could certainly give you trouble.

3) However, your experience might not be due to poor lens quality. Even when a good quality telephoto adapter is used, it will only focus well when used in telephoto mode. If you try to capture a subject that is close to the wide angle end of the zoom, the corners will either be dark or blurred. If the subject is a "normal" distance from you, take off the adapter.

If the subject is far away from you, use the adapter, but remember that you must be very, very still when shooting. The adapter multiplies camera movement, even with image stabilization. You might consider using a tripod.

I recommend that you take back the generic adapter, and save for a genuine Sony adapter. If you watch sales on the internet, you can get one for $80 to $100.

Also, check your camera to make sure you have the Image Stabilization "on", and that you have to correct Mode wjhen using the adapter.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Really, this is not a telephoto lens, it is an adapter. Probably low quality optics. I have a telephoto adapter for an old Nikon OneTouch film camera, and it works pretty good, with some loss in quality, but not terrible. So it sounds like dog optics. Try to get your money back, if not, experience is the best teacher. In optics, you get what you pay for.

Answer 3

appears like your lens malfunctioned. whether that's barely a run-of-the-mill, under $500 digicam, i might recommend getting a sparkling one, because it would value extra to get it fastened by utilising a expert. I as quickly as had a digicam with the comparable concern given to me, and that i eventually basically grabbed the lens and pushed and twisted it...it went in, however the digicam is amazingly comfortable approximately turning on and zooming now. i'm additionally careful of Sony cameras, basically because of the fact Sony makes many stuff and could no longer placed the nicely-known into their products like Canon or Nikon.