took a bunch of pictures with my a70 that i JUST got

[5489]

i was taking pictures throughout the night, and half the pictures i took came out blurry, but half of them came out fine.

anyone think its a bad camera, or its just my crappy shooting skills

 

[xchangx]

Night shooting sucks. Unless you have a digital slr or something that will let you manually set things.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

flash or no flash? if you are shooting at night it will drop the shutter speed w/o a flash and it will blur

 

[Eli]

Due to shutter lag, digital cameras are much more prone to blurryness, especially in low light situations.

If you consistantly cannot take clear pictures in low light or with low shutter speeds, then you're probably going to need a tripod, or at least a monopod.

Either that, or you're going to have to work on self-steading techniques. For example, when you take a pic.. pull your elbows close to your torso.

 

[pyonir]

anything less than 1/60th of second shutter speed is hard to not blur. You have to learn how to be self-steading as Eli suggested in order to get decent pictures that low, or lower. If your subject is moving....good luck.

 

[5489]

i used both flash and non-flash to see how things worked.

and pictures were shot both indoor and outdoors. when in indoors, it was low-medium lighting

 

[5489]

so its definitely not a bad camera right?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: 5489
so its definitely not a bad camera right?

No it shouldn't be. Post some of the pics so we can get a good idea of what it looks like.

 

[randomlinh]

and a tripod and monopod are still going to be worthless if your subjects can't be completely still while the shutter is open... IE, when trying to get kids to sit still for even one second 😛

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: 5489
so its definitely not a bad camera right?

The A70 is a well liked and well reviewd camera. It's the operator not the equipment. I too own an A70.

 

[chrisms]

I am about the purchase an a70 so this freaked me out

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: CRXican

Originally posted by: 5489
so its definitely not a bad camera right?

The A70 is a well liked and well reviewd camera. It's the operator not the equipment. I too own an A70.

well i know its well liked, and well reviewd. thats why i bought it. but i was just wondering if there was something about my particular camera. maybe a problem with a lens? something? (i dunno)

here are some of the bad pictures
1
2
3
4

here are a couple good pictures
1

 

[Ornery]

Shutter speed was too slow. That's all there is to it.

 

[igowerf]

Your bad pictures are better than your good one. If they just weren't so blurry.

 

[5489]

Originally posted by: igowerf
Your bad pictures are better than your good one. If they just weren't so blurry.

i just chose random pictures to show the sharpness of the picture

does anyone have a canon A70? does anyone know how to change the shutter speed, on the different modes? it seems like i can only change the shutter speed on manual, and TV mode.

can i change the shutter speed on portrait and night shot mode?

one other thing. i get a -2 on the upper left hand corner when i use manual. which means under/over exposure. and i cant seem to get any good pictures with manual mode.

 

[randomlinh]

RTFM 😉 It's all in there I'm sure. But "night" mode is probably just slowing down the shutter and maybe syncing w/ the flash, so you're still gunna have problems w/o a tripod shooting at night... unless you use the flash. yes, it tends to make things ugly but.. unless someone makes a good, cheap, fast compact lens... we're all SOL.

 

[Rallispec]

http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/ixusi/ixusi_3062-e.html

you should have limited ability to change the iso speed on the A70. I may be off--- but switching it from auto to 400 should keep the shutter speed faster--- it will jsut make the picture a bit grainier. perhpas a camarea guru can explain how that works or why it works, or hopefully offer better advice.

i'm not familiar enough with the a70 to know if you can directly set shutter speeds, although it may be possible.

 

[Anubis]

your shutter speed is to slow can the motion is causeing blur

thats why you have a flash

 

[Nocturnal]

You're moving the camera. Your shutter speed is too slow.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: Anubis
your shutter speed is to slow can the motion is causeing blur

thats why you have a flash

His flash will only reach 13.5'. Wouldn't have helped shots 1 or 3, and would have radically changed the effect of 2 and 4.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Ornery

Originally posted by: Anubis
your shutter speed is to slow can the motion is causeing blur

thats why you have a flash

His flash will only reach 15-20'. Wouldn't have helped shots 1 or 3, and would have radically changed the effect of 2 and 4.

ehh the people in 1 & 3 arnt 15-20' away

 

[Ornery]

Guess the background just doesn't matter, eh? :roll:

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Guess the background just doesn't matter, eh? :roll:

cameras arnt perfect, the forground was the subject, thats all that really needed to not blur

hell my D70 with SD800 speed flash woudl have trouble lighting that whole scene

 

[Ornery]

That's why he would bump up the ISO and shutter speed. Not mention using a monopod or resting on a tabletop or something. If you're trying to capture an entire scene, the flash is limited an artificial. Changes the whole look entirely.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: 5489

Originally posted by: igowerf
Your bad pictures are better than your good one. If they just weren't so blurry.

i just chose random pictures to show the sharpness of the picture

does anyone have a canon A70? does anyone know how to change the shutter speed, on the different modes? it seems like i can only change the shutter speed on manual, and TV mode.

can i change the shutter speed on portrait and night shot mode?

one other thing. i get a -2 on the upper left hand corner when i use manual. which means under/over exposure. and i cant seem to get any good pictures with manual mode.

No. That's the whole point of the different modes. They do the work for you. Night mode lengthens the shutter speed even more. You definately need a tripod to take pics in very low light/dark situations.

I never take any pictures in the auto modes with my A60. It's always manual or sometimes TV or AV.

-2 in the upper left hand corner means that the shot is 2 stops underexposed. Depending on the picture, this may or may not be acceptable.

You either need to lower the shutter speed or open the aperature up(The lower the number, the bigger the aperature and the more light is let in).

Optionally, you can also raise the ISO speed. ISO is how sensitive the film(or sensor) is to light, but it comes at the epense of grainy pictures. ISO100 is acceptable, 200 is workable and 400 is almost pointless(MO).

It took me about 1,000 pictures before I was even remotely comfortable with the manual modes.

I suggest taking a pic with auto mode, noting the settings it used, switch to manual and dial up the same settings, and take the same pic.

Take lots and lots of pics. That's my strategy, especially in slow-shutter situations. If you take lots of pics, your chances of getting a good one are much better. Just start messing with settings. You'll get a feel for what works and what doesen't.

Make sure to hold the shutter down half way before taking the pic. This lets the camera focus and lets you see what the camera is focusing on. It also gives you a chance to steady yourself in anticipation of pushing the shutter down all the way.

If you push the shutter in one single sweep, the delay of the camera focusing can cause blurry pictures because it seems that (people) have a tendancy to only steady themselves for the moment the shutter is depressed. In the case of a digital camera, the picture is taken after the shutter is depressed. Again, framing the picture and then having the camera focus by holding the shutter button down half way might solve your problem.