What is a good digital camera that DOES NOT...?

Question

give a blur,look unsharp,or take forever to take...I bought a 700 dollar digital camera and it sucks, I mostly take pics of my kids, but when I try to get a pic it is always blurry!!!
My old camera was konica minolta that took great pics, but its no longer working and we all know what happened to konica...I need a good camera! Help.

Answer 1

I think the main problem would be that your cameras lag time to take the picture the instance you press the shutter button is the Culprit to your unsharp, blury pictures. Because it would not take the picture unless your camera see's the subject in focus. Or that there was not enough light to give your photo the correct hand holdable exposure.

Setting up your camera to a higher ISO might do the trick, but beware of the noise. Try some of these alternatives.

If you want to salvage what you already have this is what I would do. For about $20 bucks you could get a wireless flash booster. Set your camera to manual. Set the shutter speed between 1/60th to 1/25 sec. Set your aperture to f 8. Set your camera flash to its lowest setting. Set the flash booster so that its trigger sensor sees the camera flash go off. Then this would give you great pictures of your kids. This would also alow for placment of the flash way above the camera lense to eliminate red eye. And add that natural lighting effect.

On a budget and want a camera that would last a very long time:
If you want a camera that could track your subjects movements and take the picure while still in focus. I would get the Nikon D40 ($600).
Available in December. Very light easy to use digital SLR. Cons would be that its a bit on the big side. Most kids would be aware that they are being photographed and most shots would be mostly posed. Unless you invest in a longer telephoto lens like the 70-200 f2.8 AF VR.

On a budget and want a camera that would last a very long time (pocket size): I would get the Canon SD900 ($425). Titanium shell will last for years. Image Stabilizer to take crisp hand holdable shots. Cons would only be that it has a small 3x optical zoom which would mean that you would have to be pretty close to take a great quality picture.

Not too big, not too limited lens, not too expensive, not bad camera:
Olympus SP-510 ($260) Fast response time, long 10x zoom lens and online support on how to take better pictures. This camera design was invented by Olympus. It was such a nice design that other manufactures such as Minolta and Kodak. None of them perfected it except Olympus. With rubber gromets around the lense and battery door. It keeps the dust out. And a digital image stabilizer to help keep the subject in focus. And its 10x optical zoom to capture candid shots of your kids in the moment.

Distraction:
Keep your kids from moving too much by giving them a toy that will allow them to take pictures as well. Give them a kid proof digital camera and watch them take pictures of you and what they think are picture worthy. Then take the digital camera you have now and take pictures of them.

And if money is no object:
I would get a Nikon D2XS ($4,700). Camera capable of taking pictures only when in focus. Not only that, you could set up the camera to take pictures when a subject crosses a predetermined focusing zone that you have set up. For example if you set the camera to take the shot when someone crosses 15 feet away and is in focus, the camera will not take the shot if the the subject is 14 feet and not in foucus. It will only take the shot if the subject gets to the 15 feet focused zone. Great camera if your kid happens to run as fast as that little boy in the movie "The Incredibles".

I know that this might be overkill, but I just love cameras. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I had the same problem with a high end point & shoot - it was feature packed and had a great zoom range, but it was too sluggish for action shots. In the end, I upgraded to a digital SLR.
The Nikon D50 and the recently discontinued Canon Rebel XT (350D) are capable entry level models. Or if you have a small fortune invested in Minolta lenses, you could get a Konica Minolta dSLR or the Sony A100 (Sony claims to be in the dSLR market for the long run).
There are a few things you could try first however.
To reduce blur, reduce the shutter time by cranking up the ISO and using the camera in aperture-prority mode, with the aperture constantly set to the smallest number.
To reduce the time it takes for the camera to capture the shot, pre-focus, follow the action (still pre-focussing), and click the shutter at the decisive moment. Or if your subject is more than 20 feet away, try scene mode landscape/ mountains - this bypasses the auto-focus completely.
These simple practices helped me to get the most out of my point & shoot. But like I said, in the end I still wasn't happy.

Answer 3

I hear that canon digital cameras are pretty good value. And i'm personally thinking of buying the canon ixus 65 myself which is a compact camera. I suggest looking for a camera with Optical Image Stabilizer, which should help if you're hands aren't that steady when taking photos and might make the pics a bit blurry.

Answer 4

wow..well..for $700 u should get pictures as near to live as possible..

I would suggest to talk to the manufacturer regarding ur problem or go to the store if u bought from there..

Most probably
1. either there is setting issue
2. some issue with that particular piece of camera which i beleive can be replaced once the store person is not able to resolve ur issue


**One more thing...try to take the pictures without doing a ZOOM...and in the full day light.. when you say blurry, its possible that u r doing a ZOOM and its getting extended to Digital zoom once optical zoom is reached its limit...

hope it helps.

*BTW _ which camera do u have ?

Answer 5

Sone digicam with the huge touch screen, but its a small cam (the screen takes up the whole space on the cam). dunno the exact name but i got it for 400$ and it's great! no blur, great quality and 8.1 Megapixels... came out in september 2006 i think.. check it out.

Answer 6

well...for 700 dollar ...you can have a Canon Rebel XT - DSLR

Answer 7

surely digicam. it continuously has better ideal lens than digicam telephone. style of Mpix is way less significant than lens, believe. digicam has also better ideal equipped-in software than digicam telephone.