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Help - blurred images (Fujifilm S5500)

  • 26-03-2005 12:56AM
    #1
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭


    Folks,

    Firstly, my main problem: I'm sick of taking photo after photo which turns out to be a blurred image. Not too blurred, but just something that I know could turn out to be perfectly sharp.

    This is a two part problem.
    1) I've got a new camera, and I'm still in the stage of getting to know how to use it.

    2) I'm new to photography. I'm used to looking for the right setting etc and picture to take - I did photography in school, developing my own Black and White photos etc - but all of that was done with a film camera.

    I know that second part is my main problem.
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that one way to solve them problem would be to set the shutter speed to be shorter and set the aperture to be greater.

    I'm using a FujiFilm S5500, the specs can be found here.

    I know that it's going to take a bit of time to build my photography skills, but I'm just trying to get decent "images" ("images" rather that "photos") every time.

    I'm aware that the main issue here is camera shake, due to a long shutter time. But every time I reduce the shutter time, there aperture setting is never allowing enough light in, even if I go to the mist extreem setting, meaning a dark image.

    Any help/ideas?
    S.


Comments

  • #2
    joolsveer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭joolsveer


    If you set your camera to the highest sensitivity e.g. the sample photos on the site you cited show that ISO400 is possible, it will allow you use faster shutter speeds. Initially you should also use a focal length at the wide angle end of the zoom range i.e. the more you zoom the more camera shake is evident.
    What I mean to say is that the faster the shutter speed the lower the shake.


  • #3
    Metacortex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 472 ✭✭Metacortex


    You could try using a tripod. It becomes necessary at a point.


  • #4
    alb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭alb


    If the lgiht levels are too low to use a shutter speed that you're able to hand hold and produce sharp images, either raise the ISO setting (though this will result in grainier pictures), pop up the flash, or use a tripod Your problem seems to be as simple as that really, from what I understand of your post.


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