Hey everyone,
Just out of curiosity, I notice that whenever I take pictures with the flash off on my Canon Powershot S230, the pictures come out extremely blurry. Does anyone use a Canon camera, and does anyone know why that happens?
Turning the Flash on and taking pictures fixes the problem. I am sure the auto-focus works with the flash off because I do see the green boxes rearranging themselves on the target.
I have the ISO set at 50 (or is it 100?) for both flash/and non flash.
It is handheld. The lighting conditions don’t seem to matter. I get blurry pictures when the flash is off both when it is dark and when it is really bright outside/inside.
it’s usually “camera shake” being the problem when you take photos without flash, try to get a steady pose (hold arm with other arm…) or set it to manual(not sure if that powershot has manual) and then set flash to low if you dont need flash.
Eventually you will learn how to hold your camera to get a good shot without flash. And what is wrong with Auto? if i works why try to complicate it?
also a good resource for digital camera stuff is at www.dpreview.com
i always find myself going there for digital camera questions.
It’s really frustrating, I can take nice, normal pictures outside and when it’s bright indoors, but whenever it starts getting a liiiiiiitle bit dark inside, or dusk starts falling outside, ALL my pictures are blurry.
Well when it starts getting darker, the shutter has to stay open longer. If your camera has a manual priority mode, you can set the aperture to as low a number as possible, and the camera will leave the shutter open for as little time as possible. However, in lower light conditions (or anything other then really bright light) it is best to rest your body/hand/camera on something, or best to use a tripod.
How would I do this? I’m kinda noobish at that, and I don’t think there’s an option like that on my digicam…any idea what I need to look for? :beam:
Tried that, it works a little bit better but still not perfect, and it’s hard to always find something to rest your camera on if you wonna take a nice shot
I too have tried keeping my hands still while taking a picture without flash, and the picture only comes out moderately well. It isn’t great by any means. Also, there is no room for a tripod when I am sitting as an audience member during speeches and demonstrations
That’s true. Sometimes you just can’t get a clear picture. My camera has an image stabalizer which helps, but even then I can’t get a decent exposer by hand, over a 1/2 second shutter speed.
In terms of what to look for - many digital cameras don’t have this option. If yours did, you would want to turn the dial to either A/S/M or A. If your camera has A/S/M you will need to access the menu when in this mode, and set the Priority to aperture.
Big K, try turning the lights off in your room during dusk, but leave the window open (so that you have some, but not much light). Take a picture by hand of something fairly complex (such as a keyboard). Then rest the camera on a table, and take another picture (say, prop the keyboard up and take its picture again). See if the first is blurry and the second is not.
The problem is that your shutter speed becomes too long. Then you either move the camera during the exposure or your subject moves. Both will cause blurring.
To reduce the shutter speed you can increase the sensor sensitivity by raising the ISO value. Most cameras will do ISO 400 and some even more. ISO 400 is 4 times more sensitive than ISO 100, so you can reduce the shutter speed by a factor of 4. The downside is that you’ll get more noise at ISO 400.
Another option is to use a wider aperture. Maybe your camera is set to f/8 or something but can actually do f/4. F/4 lets in 4 times as much light and so you could reduce the shutter speed by a factor 4.
If your problem is camera shake, then you could use a tripod or place the camera on a steady surface and maybe use the self-timer so you don’t actually touch (and shake) the camera when you take the pictures.
If your problem is subject movement (sharp background but blurry subject) then using a tripod won’t help. Then you need to reduce the shutter speed somehow.
Actually that’s not a “problem”, that’s how digital cameras operate
If it’s dark the shutter speed is longer.
You can set it up to its best performance but you can’t just get rid of it.
You know - all this time I had the idea that a low ISO is what is good for capturing quick movement, etc. I don’t know why I had shutter speed and time the lens stays open confused. Let me increase the ISO and try again
