Hi, I got film developed in boots but all are blurry

tjc28 · 26-06-2011 8:33pm #1

Hi,
I got a mini Diana for my birthday back in April and since then I've used 2 rolls of 36exposure on it. I dropped them into Boots to be processed (only onto a Cd) and when I got them back almost all were blurred. Now the thing is on the little print out they give you where there are small thumbnails of the shots you've taken all are in focus. I examined these with a magnifying glass to make sure.
I'm by no means any use at photography and generally just use a digital camera but I'm wondering is it possible that Boots messed up and the shots are good? Should I see about getting them developed as prints to make sure.
Any help or advise would be appreciated.

DaireQuinlan · 26-06-2011 8:48pm

The shots themselves are most likely blurred. Post a few up here. The thumbnails are too small to make any qualitative judgements, and besides that contact sheet is printed from the same scans as on the CD.
I've never used the mini so I don't know what the focusing accuracy is, but is it possible you had it set to it's closest focus distance or something ?

sNarah · 26-06-2011 8:49pm

Neh that sounds like something the Diana would do alright.

spinandscribble · 26-06-2011 10:13pm

The Diana mini can be quite blurry when used on the B setting. You'll need to use it on B indoors mostly but shots will be somewhat blurry. That's why I mainly use my mini outside in decent light set on N. I don't mind a bit of blur personally, and to an extent, blur always happens to a degree. I feel I get sharper results from the Holga so maybe try one of those cameras in the future.

Get the negatives put on cd if you still question the quality of the prints but like everyone else said, the shots themselves are probably blurry due to the setting.

tjc28 · 05-07-2011 11:26am

Thanks for the replies people. I'll pay more attention to my settings when taking photos and accept the mini Diana might not be all its cracked up to be.

thefizz · 05-07-2011 2:26pm

If you did set it to B mode then surely you used a tripod?

Captain Flaps · 07-07-2011 11:16pm

As someone who works in a lab I can guarantee that none of the equipment we use is capable of making sharp prints come out blurry. I've seen dirty prints, creased prints, colour balance off and god knows how many other defects over the years but never blurry prints unless the source files/negs are blurry.

The diana is a toy camera, it's designed to give weird inconsistent prints.

Hi, I got film developed in boots but all are blurry

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