02-05-2007, 10:53 PM
With no flash, the shutter is open longer, which will capture ANY movement as a blur. Set the ISO to 400, and turn the flash on. Before you go out and spend a couple hundred dollars on a new camera, practice with what you have. A $2000 camera, with poor camera skills, will still take bad pics.
It may sound strange, but if you have a ceiling fan, turn it on med, and take a few pics of the fan blades turning, with different settings, and flash on and off. You will see a big difference in each pic. This will give you a better idea what the different settings do.
Also, work on pressing the button half way, wait for the camera to focus, then press fully.
Make sure to keep the camera steady for a second or two AFTER you press the button. There is a slight delay from when you press the button, till the pic is taken. Believe it or not, this is one of the most common reasons for blurry pics with a digital cam. People assume that as soon as the button is pressed, the pic is captured, and bring the camera down. When they do, they are actually moving the camera while the image is still being captured, and the image is always blurry. I would guess that if you are taking pics of stationary objects, and they are coming out blurry, THIS is the reason.
It may sound strange, but if you have a ceiling fan, turn it on med, and take a few pics of the fan blades turning, with different settings, and flash on and off. You will see a big difference in each pic. This will give you a better idea what the different settings do.
Also, work on pressing the button half way, wait for the camera to focus, then press fully.
Make sure to keep the camera steady for a second or two AFTER you press the button. There is a slight delay from when you press the button, till the pic is taken. Believe it or not, this is one of the most common reasons for blurry pics with a digital cam. People assume that as soon as the button is pressed, the pic is captured, and bring the camera down. When they do, they are actually moving the camera while the image is still being captured, and the image is always blurry. I would guess that if you are taking pics of stationary objects, and they are coming out blurry, THIS is the reason.
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