Nikon D50 Camera

[Bobbi Baldwin]

Hi Molly,

Now that you have had your camera for a while, I have a question. I bought the D70 a year ago and love it. But, recently, when photographing my own work for my portfolio, I noticed a continual oddity. I am wondering if you or anyone else has the same problem. I use the landscape setting to insure that the flash doesn't go off. I learned early on in my career that the truest form of color is photographed between 11 & 2 midday, outside in the shade. That isn't the problem. But, when doing this with a setting that will keep the flash off, (landscape setting) I get a distortion in the middle of the screen. It is wider in the center of the screen. I can see this because all the other edges are perfectly centered when I go to crop with Photoshop, but, the center is bulging. This may be a problem with my lens that I have over looked in my haste to only use the camera as a source and not looking for perfection. Would you try these settings on your camera for me and see if this happens for you also? I would appreciate it. I stand straight over my artwork making sure that the frame of the canvas is set square by the sides in the frame and also looking at my posture and the angle. (Of course if you were to take your time, you would put it on a tripod and use an easel, but, I am taking so many photos of my work that I am cutting corners.) My second question would be is this: a setting malfunction? But, my guess is that it would be the lens.
Thank you,
Bobbi Baldwin