My Canon 1000D capture blurry pictures all the time

[aboodz]

Hi

I just bought it and the pics are always blurry, these pic are shot indoors with a fluorescent lighting but it just keep getting blurry

i'm not an expert on the aperture and iso stuff

can u help me please

 

[joharis]

Not the best lighting conditions. What was your shutter speed?
And yes, read the manual first.
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[aboodz]

Ah I read the manual but what do u advice me to put in the shutter speed so I can check cuz I cant remember what I putted

 

[Olga Johnson]

You will have to read up on basic photography, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO and understand it at least a little before anyone can really suggest what you need to do. Also, posting a sample image would be very helpful so that we can see what it is that you are seeing.

Usually blurry pics are due to a slow shutter speed. What is slow depends on what it is you are photographing. If you are shooting a still target, it will require a different shutter speed than a moving target. The lens you are using plays a role too.

Here's something online that could help you with some basic items:

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Hi

I just bought it and the pics are always blurry, these pic are shot indoors with a fluorescent lighting but it just keep getting blurry

i'm not an expert on the aperture and iso stuff

can u help me please

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[windmillgolfer]

Put camera in P (Program) mode and set to ISO800. Are they still blurry or just out of balance colour-wise?

 

[Rick880]

Use the playback mode to go through each picture and find out what shutter speed and focal length were used. You want the shutter speed to be at least the reciprocal of the focus length x 1.6. For example, if focal length is 35mm, you want shutter speed to be faster than 1/50s (35 x 1.6 = 56). Check your pictures to see if there is a correlation of shutter speed too slow and blurry pictures.
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Rick

 

[3drives]

Olga, I have the same camera and similar doubts as the OP. I tried different speeds in fact.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1002&message=37658077

Please post your suggestions. Thanks.

 

[geekyg2010]

Where are the pictures?

Regardless: to make it easier, shoot in P-mode with center focus only (read the manual to learn how to select focus points). when you take a picture, hold your breath and hold your hands steady as if you were shooting a gun. In broad daylight it doesn't make much of a difference (shutter speed will be fast enough anyway), but indoors, with insufficient artificial light, it begins to show.

And yes, make sure whatever lens you have on is set to autofocus - unless of course you want to shoot in manual mode.

Your camera will take care of many settings for you, but you still have to pay attention to how you are holding it, and what you are doing.

 

[aboodz]

here is an example with the info

 

[Olga Johnson]

Shutter is 1/6 s. That is considered extremely slow and it is not surprising that the image is blurred. It's not a handholdable speed. I notice that there is a +2 Exposure compensation in that shot. Without the +2 exp comp, your shutter speed would have 1/30 s and it would have not been blurred though it would have come out darker.

Photography is about the light. The lower the light the more difficulty in capturing the image you want. If you need to capture low light scenes, you should be using a tripod to avoid camera shake.
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Olga

 

[geekyg2010]

... is an ETERNITY. If you're gonna shoot like that again, get a tripod or start doing 100 pushups a day, minimum. I am not kidding.

So to answer your question, there ain't nothing wrong with your camera ....

 

[windmillgolfer]

1/6th is way too slow for hand held. IS is not going to save you at that speed. You are using Shutter Priority and ISO1600, so must be very poor light. Seet to P to get optimum combination while learning what's bets but you'll still need flash.

 

[Narcosynthesis]

To get the most out of your camera you really need to sit down and learn how a camera works, just buying an SLR 'because they are what the pro's use' is a recipe for poor photos, especially in poor lighting conditions like those indoors.

To give a quick explanation of what is happening, human eyes adjust to differing lighting conditions fantastically - we are able to function well in both bright desert sunshine and the murky lighting of a club - while a camera is a lot more limited, so while outside in the sun will be fine for the camera, the indoors lighting that is fine for human eyes is just too dim to let the camera easily work. In these conditions your camera is opening up the shutter for longer to gather more light, but since it is open for so long the camera is moving while taking the photo, rendering it blurry.

To fix it you basically need to shoot at a faster shutter speed, the simplest method probably being using P (or one of the automatic) modes and the flash to light the scene - because they are aimed at being automatic settings, they should keep the shutter to normal ranges for you.

If you want to learn to use the camera properly, in those conditions you would be looking to raise the ISO and open the aperture up to get as much light to the sensor as possible, potentially looking into fast aperture lenses, or perhaps an external flash to control lighting better.
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[Myer]

You've got two issues:
1/6 sec
and f3.5

First, you're at ISO1600. If you've got a 550 (I can't remember if you mentioned) then try ISO3200 or even 6400.

Get you shutter speed to around 1/80 (even that's too slow) and f5.6

 

[mbrowne]

As you've seen, it's pretty much blur due to slow shutter. But you can get decent shots at that speed. Be aware of the challenge and work on holding the camera steady. The big thing is if your lens has image stabilization us it. Even at 1/6, image stabilization will give decent results. Here's a quick sample shot with IS. Not sure which lens you used, but this is handheld with my 55-250IS, ISO800, 1/6 sec, f/4.5. The IS makes all the difference: