i have a casio exslim EX-Z60. if i have the flash on my pictures come out clear. when i take the flash off, my pictures come out blurry. i dont know what i am doing wrong.
2006-12-13 03:08:05 · 5 answers · asked by erika c 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Not familiar with that cam. but you may want to check that you aren't set at macro rather than normal mode when that happens.
There should be two icons on your camera (may be in the menu), one looks like a small flower and the other two mountains, or triangles, one larger and one smaller. The flower is for macro work and the mountains for normal use. A friend of mine had an inexpensive camera that had a small switch on the side of the case and quite often it would get pushed down (the macro mode) and some pictures would be blurry, but when the switch was back up they would be fine. The problem with a cheep viewfinder camera is you can't really tell if the camera is in good focus. I had that problem with my first digital, but I now have a Pentax DSLR so I get what I see now.
As cute lil above said. When she turned off her flash and took the close up of the butterfly, she got a good pic. That is, on her camera (as well as other makes), when you turn the flash off YOU MAY WELL be in the macro mode by default. She had to be in macro to have gotten her pic. or wasn't all that close to it ( with in the near focus limit of her lens) I have an 18 x 55 lens that will let me get down to almost a foot before having to use my macro setting, but I do a lot of close-up copy work (with no flash)and have to use the macro mode for that.
2006-12-13 03:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a digicam too. it's an Olympus. at first, i had to turn on the flash so that the picture i take comes out clear. but when i found out that when you disable the flash, it usually gets blurry.
it's because the flash option provides an actual shot of the picture, meaning, that the instance the light flashes, it has already captured that very shot.
unlike with the disabled flash option, the tendency is that you might shake the digital camera a bit and instead of getting clear, vivid pictures, you get blurry ones.
i've loved photography since i had this Olympus digital camera.
and i suggest that if you are taking pictures from afar, you might wanna use the flash option (for example group pics) so that the view is clear because the distance is far.
and when you are taking shots that require close-up distance, i suggest you turn off the flash. i took a close-up shot of a butterfly in our field trip and turned the flash off, and i was amazed of the result! it was a great photo!
you didn't do anything wrong. it's just that you need some orientation with your digicam. try reading the manual that came with it, if my answer haven't satisfied your query.
happy photography! lol...
2006-12-13 11:19:29 · answer #2 · answered by cute_lil_pinay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blurred pictures are hard to avoid with low light and no flash. The camera lowers the shutter speed so that more light can be captured. Meanwhile, any camera shakes and moving objects are recorded as blurs. Smaller cameras are more easy to shake than larger cameras.
Sometimes natural light photography is desired so you can try the following.
Try using a tripod and use the camera's shutter release timer. Even pressing the shutter button will shake the camera. The timer allows the camera to take a picture without being shaken.
If a tripod is not handy either rest the camera on something steady or hold the camera with both hands with elbows against your body.
2006-12-13 18:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ed Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the room is dark then you need flash but if there is alot of light then you do not need flash. Hope i helped!
2006-12-13 11:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by loreen s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use something to steady your aim as this may be down to camera shake.
2006-12-13 11:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Bladerunner (Dave) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋