question for S230 owners

[alee25]

I got an s230 about 3 months ago but cant really figure this problem out:
Is it possible to take clear looking non-flash pictures (in the dark) without using a tripod, becasue whenever i take one, it always comes out blurry.

Thanks.

 

[Renob]

I would think setting the shutter speed would take care of your problem

 

[alee25]

ya im not really sure how to make the shutter speed decrease - i can only figure out how to make it increase. I already have the long shutter speed off.

 

[BillGates]

It's tough with such a small camera. If you don't have a tripod, set it on the ground, on a car, railing, train track -- anything that you can leave it on without it moving.

Set it to manual and make the exposure time longer. You could also set the timer for a few seconds so your hands would be long gone by the time it is starting to film.

 

[alee25]

wait, u mean shortern the exposure time rite?

 

[kami333]

No, make it longer.

I have a S200, mostly the same settings. I use manual mode, no flash, self timer at 3secs, ISO 50, exposure you have to play around with a little it takes getting used to since you need to adjust depending on the light and what you are taking pics of. Set it on something stable and take your hands away from it.

 

[kami333]

here is a pic that I took in one of the Cathedrals in the Kremlin in Moscow. I set it on a bench and took it.

 

[alee25]

if you make it longer wont it be more prone to getting blurry? Im not so much concerned with brightness than blurryness

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: alee25
I got an s230 about 3 months ago but cant really figure this problem out:
Is it possible to take clear looking non-flash pictures (in the dark) without using a tripod, becasue whenever i take one, it always comes out blurry.

Thanks.

kick the ISO up so you wouldnt have to hold it so long... what i do is find an object to set it on...ie a book, etc. set it on 2second self timer, so the beginning of the exposure isnt affected by your pressing the shutter button... other than that, practice superhuman still-holding skills

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: alee25
if you make it longer wont it be more prone to getting blurry? Im not so much concerned with brightness than blurryness

I don't like setting it to 400 so much, it gets too grainy for my liking. But sometimes you can't avoid it. Winter Palace

 

[alee25]

like for example this picture of a cathedreal in italy. If u zoom in at the stained glass u cant really see any pictures. But i know that if it was bright and i could use a flash then all the pictures could be clearly seen.

 

[kami333]

Ah, I see what you mean. It's more a problem of being out of focus than movement, no?

That you really can't do anything about, it would be great if our cameras had manual focus but we don't.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: alee25
like for example this picture of a cathedreal in italy. If u zoom in at the stained glass u cant really see any pictures. But i know that if it was bright and i could use a flash then all the pictures could be clearly seen.

i dont understand what you're trying to say

that picture is "off" for a variety of reasons. if you use a flash, you wouldnt be able to cover the entire thing and it would look bad. secondly, it would look very very unnatural. secondly, nothing is focused there. it'd be hard to get a deep field of depth there, also, because of the low lighting situation. you can try, but then w/o a tripod the picture would be blurry from the shaking aforementioned

as for manual focusing, it can be achieved using spot metering... point camera at object same distant to target, click shutter, reframe, click fully

 

[bleeb]

I've been noticing some of my regular pictures are a bit blurry... anyway to fix that changing settings or do I have to be my superhuman alter ego and be super-still while taking the photo?

 

[alee25]

hmm... i guess what im trying to say is that. While other pictures that i take during the daylight are very very detailed and clear, this one (if you zoom in at the stained glass - u can see it is made up of many many different pictures), its pretty blurry and u really cant see each of the pictures in the stained glass. About nothing being focused, im not very camera savy so i dont know too much about that but like i just would like to be able to see each of the pictures in the stained glass. Thanks..

 

[kami333]

as for manual focusing, it can be achieved using spot metering... point camera at object same distant to target, click shutter, reframe, click fully

I say it's too dark in there to do it. He would have to walk a lighter place then walk back.

btw, stained glass is pretty hard to take nice pictures of.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: kami333

as for manual focusing, it can be achieved using spot metering... point camera at object same distant to target, click shutter, reframe, click fully

I say it's too dark in there to do it. He would have to walk a lighter place then walk back.

btw, stained glass is pretty hard to take nice pictures of.

powershots have lights to aid metering

 

[Phuz]

Originally posted by: kami333
here is a pic that I took in one of the Cathedrals in the Kremlin in Moscow. I set it on a bench and took it.

Cathedrals in the Kremlin in Moscow

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: kami333

as for manual focusing, it can be achieved using spot metering... point camera at object same distant to target, click shutter, reframe, click fully

I say it's too dark in there to do it. He would have to walk a lighter place then walk back.

btw, stained glass is pretty hard to take nice pictures of.

powershots have lights to aid metering

You mean the little light? Works fine at about 5feet, anymore and it's useless.