blurry shots

[Gokhan]

hi

i own a canon ixus i and my shots often come out blurry if i dnt use a tripod how can i mimize this when not using a tripod ???

thanks

 

[SpAtZ]

What kind of blurring? Focus or Camera shake? Post a picture. Might be your shutter speed is not fast enough. It should at least be 1/60th.

 

[cgratti]

Sounds like camera shake, but we cant be sure unless you post a picture like Spatz said.

 

[Gokhan]

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its probably camera shake cause it happens only when i use it with tripod

 

[mkrishnan]

its probably camera shake cause it happens only when i use it with tripod

If you are using a tripod, then why do you have camera shake? What is your tripod sitting on? A freight train?

Low light can also be a cause for blurriness, actually... are you trying to shoot when it is dark out? In low light situations, the autofocus can fail to position itself correctly....

 

[pdpfilms]

If you are using a tripod, then why do you have camera shake? What is your tripod sitting on? A freight train?

Low light can also be a cause for blurriness, actually... are you trying to shoot when it is dark out? In low light situations, the autofocus can fail to position itself correctly....

Also, cameras with vibration reduction should have that function turned off when used with a tripod. This can cause even perfectly still photos to become blurry, due to the mechanism inside.... don't ask me how it happens though.

 

[mkrishnan]

Also, cameras with vibration reduction should have that function turned off when used with a tripod. This can cause even perfectly still photos to become blurry, due to the mechanism inside.... don't ask me how it happens though.

Oh, really? I didn't know that...interesting? Maybe it's something like the fact that it looks for and tries to correct jitter, but if there is a very, very low level of jitter, it just reacts to whatever insignificant noise there is, and creates blur? Hmmmm....

 

[Kingsly]

Are you taking pictures of Apple products inside an elevator? That is the single biggest complaint I get from photographers. Its kind of an anomaly, try taking a picture of a tree or something, see if it gets better.

Or open the aperture and speed up the shutter.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

hi

i own a canon ixus i and my shots often come out blurry if i dnt use a tripod how can i mimize this when not using a tripod ???

thanks

Posting some sample of what you are talking about would help.

 

[mkrishnan]

Are you taking pictures of Apple products inside an elevator?

Are you saying that, when there're all those "I know a guy" posts supposedly leaking new products from Apple, Gokhan *is* that guy!????

 

[lexfuzo]

Or open the aperture and speed up the shutter.

Can you do that with the ixus in question?
My advice: don't move while taking a picture.

 

[Kingsly]

Can you do that with the ixus in question?
My advice: don't move while taking a picture.

I don't know about the Ixus. My Powershot SD200 does It. Play around with manual mode.