Blurry edges in pictures

Have had my Nikon d3200 for a year now. It is my first "serious" camera and I was very happy with it until a few months ago. Now either the entire picture is blurry or more likely, I have a blur around the edges of the picture. I have tried everything cleaned the lens, ran the cleaning mode multiple times, tried switching lenses to see if it was the lens but it is not, tried shooting in different modes/settings with different aperture......all with the same result, blurry edges. The camera has come way down in price but when I got it it was quite expensive and it will kill me to have to send it out for service and spend more money. Thoughts?

Post a photo so that we can see what you are talking about. Also include the EXIF data (Shutter Speed, ISO, Aperture) The more information the better.

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Yes, post a photo that's pre-cropped to 1000px so we can see the EXIF data. That said, let us know the lens you are using as well, just in case. Also let us know if the image looks blurry at all in the viewfinder and/or in LiveView before you go to take the photo. If it's an issue it may have less to do with your body than perhaps your lens.

I don't know how well you see it in this size but this shot suffers blurry edges. Is it something like this?



In my case it's the lens.

If the lens has a protective filter on it, you might try a test without the filter.

WayneF said:

If the lens has a protective filter on it, you might try a test without the filter.

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The OP said the they had tried with more than one lens.

Don Kuykendall said:

The OP said the they had tried with more than one lens.

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If all the lenses are covered with a cheap, $2 UV filter.........

I was advised to use cheap UV filters on all my lens to protect them. Do they make a real big difference to image quality and should I therefore discard them?

Try taking some pictures without the filters, and then decide.

Ok thanks yes if I take the same image with and without the filter I can guage if there is a significant difference.
Many thanks

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I was advised to use cheap UV filters on all my lens to protect them. Do they make a real big difference to image quality and should I therefore discard them?

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Using filters for lens protection is an age-old hot-button topic. My advice is if you're going to use them, buy good ones. Cheap filters will only degrade the image.

JJM said:

I was advised to use cheap UV filters on all my lens to protect them. Do they make a real big difference to image quality and should I therefore discard them?

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Advice like that is best ignored. Unfortunately not all advice is good advice.

Spending $1000+ for a lens and putting an el-cheap filter on the front of it makes as much sense as buying a Ferrari and putting retreaded tires on it. All of my lenses (except my 300mm f/2.8 an 600mm f/4, which have built in filters because of the 122mm an 140mm front element size) have Hoya HMC UV(0) on them because of some of the environments I work in. I don't mind paying $20-$75 depending on the size if they do not degrade IQ.

OK, many thanks, Hoya it will be then!

When driving around with my wife and I reach for my $150 sun glasses and they are not there. I ask my wife if I can use hers as I'm the one driving. Holy crap it's like looking through a screen door covered with dust. Yes there's a diff in filters. Keep in mind that yes these filters protect the front element, they also allow all the light to pass through them to give you the image you want. Would you rather look through a piece of nice clean glass or a piece of plexiglass?