Why images are blurred? Any setting which needs to done? Hi,With enough light\less light my images are blurred in Auto\any mode.Any setting which needs to changed. Please help.
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Thank you. I have the problem of horribly overexposed photos with the flash. On Christmas day about half of the photos were washed out with the flash, in Auto mode. When we turned off the flash, some photos were ok, but others were blurry. I tried other rooms with different lighting, with and without flash, and again the problem of washed out subjects. Any suggestions? thank you.
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My sincere advice.. Dont buy this camera. It gives blurry pictures and the problem is with the sensors and the software. The software scans for the most appropriate focal length thru a range of distances, when the shutter is half pressed and choses the optimum distance for the user to click to get a sharp picture. Some how the software does not stop the lens at the correct focal distance and hence the blurry pictures. This happens especially at close ups and low light. Nikon does not want to fix this bug.
1114873
Thanks. In day or sunlights With Flash off and Vibration reduction mode On photos are comes Good.Reversely if there is little dark,flash off and vibration mode on photos are blurry. On that time if Flash on photos are OK not much effective.
1114874
Just a comment here but a digital camera's paramount duty is to snap a sharp image every time that button is pressed unless you want the image blurred by selection. In auto mode no one should be putting up with blurred images form any point and shoot camera these days.
1114875
Try popping up the flash with the release on the side of the camera. I had the same problem with my pictures and in order for the flash to work it needs to be popped up. Hope this helps.
136305
I have been trying to do that same thing. Some scenes get messed up by the auto-exposure. A couple steps down in the settings you can change how bright or dark the picture is but that pesky auto-exposure is still active. Let's hope if they ever put up another firmware update that they include that functionality like when they added the timer function.
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seems to be an epidemic. same problem no autofocus. if I use the zoom to get in focus then pics come out ok but not good.
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I had a problem with blurry images, too, so finally checked the owners manual (duh!) It mentions that if you press the shutter too hard, you actually cause the blurriness. I have lightened up my touch, and things have improved. I still love this camera.
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I printed an 8x10 photo of my car in the daylight and it came out great. I took a photo inside the house with not so great light and it came out a little dark and slightly grainy. This was a 5x7 picture. I just got the camera this week so I am still fooling around with it. I'm working with Photoshop Elements 4 (5 on order) to see if it can help out with the low light pics.
880641
Did you ever resolve the problem? I'm having the same problem. I can't get a quality picture something standing perfectly still - like my christmas tree! My ISO is set to 100.
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Any photos developed yet? My one concern is low light photographs...Just wondering about quality and ease of use. How easy are the automatic features to use?
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Our camera has a same issue. It was bought 3 years back. The problem started when any picture with Zoom came out blurred. Now, all pictures are blurred.
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Manually it works great, but the auto?.....not so well. Took some outdoor pics of my nephew's. It was a sunny day, no clouds. Went to take a pic under a tree but it was so bright behind him, he was a black silhouette. Tried zooming in and out to try to get it to recognize where I wanted it to focus; it it didn't work. Tried turning the flash on while in the auto setting. It wouldn't work either. Have to go into program settings to get the force flash to work. Have to adjust the aperture to get the backlight (not every time, but whenever it won't do it automatically.)
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Try using natural light as much as possible. Flash lighting will always give a less natural effect. If you must use the flash, try turning on most of the lights in the room to help fill in the shadows. Also, extreme close-ups will not focus properly and will produce a blurred effect. Make sure you're at least three feet from the subject and that the auto-focus has had time to function. Good luck and Merry Christmas!
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Thanks but what I'd like to understand is how it can be working perfectly one day, shut off while not in use, then the next time I turn it on, the image on the LCD screen is blurred, I haven't even pressed the shutter release yet, (and wouldn't due to the blurred and dark image). How can that happen? Why is there a need to adjust ISO settings when they haven't been touched?!
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Sorry, wish I could help you, I'm kinda a novice about picture taking myself. I suspect it is a lighting problem concerning shutter speed or an exposure problem. You should have it checked by a friend with good camera expertise.
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Hi Linda,We have used this camera extensively at many varying lighting conditions and have always been very satisfied with the results. The amazing part is that I have always left the setting in automatic and used the factory defaults. Someone with a bit more expertise that I, can get much more out of this camera. For the technically challenged, as am I, this is a great camera that does everything extremely well. Enjoy.
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You can set the ISO to a high setting and get fast shutter speeds. That will make the pictures sharp.The action setting should do this automatically.
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Serious photographers shoot RAW, but most people just use JPEG because it is much easier, no post processing. I am glad to hear of the bright mode (in automatic I always shoot JPEG, in manual modes I always shoot RAW or lossless compressed pics).Overall the comments in this thread ease my fears of dpreview's complaint about JPEG quality. This is definitely my next camera.
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In low light, noise and motion artifacts are tradeoffs. Are you getting noise because you've set the ISO "too high"? You might try multiple shots of the same image with different speed / ISO settings. Drop the ISO until motion artifacts become unacceptable. It's a subjective game. But the point of expensive equipment like this is that you should be able to get a good image with less of both noise and motion artifact.
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It does if you are shooting in manual mode where you have control over the ISO, shutter, and aperture. When shooting in auto though, it boost the ISO up and the image is grainy. For most low light situations I use an external flash (but bounce the light upward) so the subject is well lit, but not washed out.