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[mira]

i got a new digital camera, not an slr, with an adjustable ISO. i'm not a professional by any means, but i thought the less lighting you have, the higher you want your ISO. but when i turn my ISO up, pretty much anything above 800, my pictures get all blurry. anyone have any ideas what i'm doing wrong and what i can do to fix it?

[LordSpork]

Are the pictures blurry (like they are out of focus) or just a lot of noise in the images? The higher the ISO the more noise you will see in the picture since it's amplifying the available light that gets to the sensor. If you have any control over the aperture of the camera, lower the number the more light it lets in, higher the number less light gets in. If you don't have control of that, the next best thing is to get a tripod and keep the shutter open a little longer to let more light in, but keep the ISO down. Also the shutter speed will play a factor in all this. Do you have an example image along with the EXIF data (shutter speed/iso/fstop/etc)?

Pretty sure all that info is right

[DeadTrish]

I was going to say maybe a tri-pod will help.... like above.

[mira]

i don't normally use a tripod, but i did here because i thought maybe i was shaking the camera too much.

this is the camera i got, i believe the only thing i can control is the iso.
http://www.nikonusa....tTabs.TechSpecs


this is with iso at 1600



this is 800

[LordSpork]

Yeah, doesn't look like you have a lot of options and a tripod might be your best shot in low light areas and a need of ISO higher then 800.

[mira]

ok. thanks for the help.

[Urban_Explorer]

Your shutter speed needs to be faster in a sense, but in low lit areas, a tripod is a must so the camera can focus, but with a fast shutter at say 1/60th sec can make a marginal difference or even at 1/8000th sec which is how high mine goes

[krush]

First, a tripod. If you don't have auto-bracketing, manually change the exposures to -1, 0, +1. and depending what program you use, blend them together, or just two may work rather than all three. (Download the free 30 day trial Paint Shop Pro from Corel), it has HDR merge. And you can touch it up a bit. Keep the noise reduction on for long exposures and shoot at 100, 200 or 400. I don't recommend higher, and set your camera to AV (Aperature Priority). You select the f/stop and the camera will automatically find the correct shutter speed, thats why you need a tripod, give it a few seconds to settle and use your timer if you don't have a remote. Also multi-segment metering or center-wieghted.
Play around the house with it.

Just my 3 cents, hope that helps and take your time, it's digital and immediate results in the viewfinder, don't like it---DELETE. The beauty of digital, not like film you have to wait a week for it to come back to see your results. Nothing against film, I still shoot film and love it.

[mira]

thanks, everyone! i will definitely give it all a try. guess every new camera takes some playing around with to figure it out.