Pictures Blurry if i dont use the Flash

tobywuk

tobywuk

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I have an Olympus MJU700.

Im very pleased with it except that i find if i do not use the flash, the pictures are quite often blurry.


Is this normal for a digital camera? Should i change it?
 
No flash = increased shutter speeds = motion's more detectable.

Set the camera somewhere(say on a tripod) and take a picture of something that doesn't move using the self timer. The picture will be MUCH better than if you tried to free-hand it.
 
Is your ISO set high? Removing flash shouldnt do anything. Check your ISO settings and your shutter speed. Icreasing the ISO and slowing down the shutter lets in more light, but wiggling is more noticeable and your pictures will come out blurry without a tripod. Try getting better lighting and changing your shutter speed to 1/4 and your ISO around 100 or something.
 
The only solution to capturing motion in low light situations is higher shutter speeds or a tripod for a stationary subject.

Using the flash allows the shutter speed to increase, allowing you capture movement with less blur. This is usually an effective method, but not always.

As suggested, increasing the ISO, will increase sensitivity of the sensor, which will increase the shutter speed as well. Usually resulting in grainy images (depending the quality of camera)

If you can use manual settings, You can also use the largest aperture your lens will allow (smallest number), this allows more light in and increases shutter speeds. Shallow Depth of Field tho.

hope this helps
 
at the moment i have it all set on "auto", but as said it is quite often blurry when i dont use the flash, but better when i do. so in doors you recommend i set the ISO higher? I don't just get this problem indoors with low light, its quite often blurry outdoors in the daylight.

Its a real shame as i love the camera, apart from this little problem, and when the pics are not fuzzy, they are great. I never had this problem with my old sony cyber-shot DSC-V1

I am able to set the ISO to auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600

Im able to set the "drive with three different options. i have no idea what this is?

i can also change the ESP with the option of two different settings. i also have no idea what this is?
 
tobywuk said:
at the moment i have it all set on "auto", but as said it is quite often blurry when i dont use the flash, but better when i do. so in doors you recommend i set the ISO higher? I don't just get this problem indoors with low light, its quite often blurry outdoors in the daylight.

Its a real shame as i love the camera, apart from this little problem, and when the pics are not fuzzy, they are great. I never had this problem with my old sony cyber-shot DSC-V1

I am able to set the ISO to auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600

Im able to set the "drive with three different options. i have no idea what this is?

i can also change the ESP with the option of two different settings. i also have no idea what this is?
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Yes, Use Flash and Try the highest ISO that's acceptable. The lowest number is he highest image quality.

Full Auto or different modes (sports, macro, night etc) should help you. To be honest, with point and shoot cameras, these modes are often pretty helpful at getting the best images the camera is capable of. These modes automatically allow for shutter priorities or aperture priorities.

Interesting that you would still have problems outdoors, but it really depends what you are trying to shoot and the camera.

Drive is probably one pic at a time or sequential shots.

Not sure what ESP is? What model do you have?
 
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You'll get blurry pictures anytime you don't use flash when in poor light conditions, the best thing to do is to what the ISO up to something like 800 or higher, but doing this will case the picture to go grainy but will also make the shutter faster, thus giving it less time to capture your hand moving around.
 
Higher ISO settings will result in more sharp pictures, but also more noisy picture. I'm nearly 100% sure it's simply a long shutter speed. Even with the ISO set to it's max, you still need a fairly long exposure.
 
The_Other_One said:
Higher ISO settings will result in more sharp pictures, but also more noisy picture. I'm nearly 100% sure it's simply a long shutter speed. Even with the ISO set to it's max, you still need a fairly long exposure.
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I think you mean short exposure. He's already getting long exposures, hence the blurriness.
 
No, I meant long. I'm saying even with a higher ISO setting, the exposure will still be too long, and still yield blurry pictures.
 
The reason your camera is blurry is because its probably not able to focus in the dark or in bright scenerios. Do you notice a green dot or a blinking red dot maybe on your display? If so the green dot means its focused, red blinking dot means its not. I dont know your specific camera but these dots apply to a lot of cameras.
 
ah, yes i quite often get a Red dot on the display.

Thanks everyone, i will try and fiddle with the different ISO settings.
 
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