I've been having a problem when using my Canon 10D on "fully auto" getting blurry photos. When I'm at parties, picnics, etc. I like to just keep it as quick and easy as possible and about 40% or so of the images taken are extremely blurry. Does anyone else have this problem and if so, do you know how to fix it...
Is it blurry "out of focus" blurry or "slow shutter speed" blurry? If the camera is not focusing, you may have a technical issue within the camera itself. If it is slow shutter speed blurry, the camera is setting a slow shutter speed after opening the lens to the max aperture. This can happen even with the flash, if the sync speed is set to auto in one of the custom functions (i just don't remember which one it is) if you set this function to 1/200, you won't catch as much ambient light, but the flash will dominate in low light, freezing the action.
OK. Here is an example I took two weekends ago. It was night and we were inside so I was using the flash but everything was on auto so I just figured they should come out ok...
Are you using center point for focus or are you allowing the camera to decide for you which focus point to use? You should ALWAYS use the center if you're not doing that already.
Originally posted by eostyles:
OK. Here is an example I took two weekends ago. It was night and we were inside so I was using the flash but everything was on auto so I just figured they should come out ok...
OK. Here is an example I took two weekends ago. It was night and we were inside so I was using the flash but everything was on auto so I just figured they should come out ok...
Let me know what you think.
When everything is in Auto camera focuses wherever is most contrast and lense will not allow you to get too close to the subject (focusing distance) {7 point AF ) ,check the manual before use of camera.
Just as a 'by the way' I don't think your full auto modes will give you fast enough shutter speeds to hand hold a 300mm lens (lets not descend into a who can hand hold the best argument) but it'll limit it to either 1/60 or 1/200 (depending on which full auto mode you happen to have picked) where you may well want something closer to 1/300 or so for reliably sharp results.
