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Fuji S5100

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Syrnix

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I just got a Fuji S5100. When ever i try to take pictures with the optical zone at max or close to max the pictures are very blurry. I have tried several differnet modes and they are all still very blurry. is they anything that can be done to clear them up.
 
I'm very confident that what you're expirencing is motion blur from having your hand-movements amplified 10x by the optical zoom. The solution is to stabalize your camera on something (lean on a wall, set it on a wall, use a tripod, etc) because when you magnify / zoom-in that much even a very slight movement on your part will blur the image.

One more solution that should work on bright sunny days is to use the shutter priority mode of your camera and keep the shutter speed at least 1/500 of a second, but perhaps faster. Like 1/1000 or 1/2000. That will capture the image fast enough that your movement is cut down a lot (because the image is made in less time), and should result in pictures without this blur. You won't be able to get those super-fast shutter speeds indoors though because there simply is not enough light to produce the image indoors at those shutter speeds.


What you're up against is the "Hand holding rule". That rule states that if you intend to get a picture without blur from you holding it in your hands the shutter speed must be "1 / focal-length."

For your camera the focal-length can be aproximated by taking how many "x" you are zoomed in, multiplied by 37. IE, at a full 10x zoom, your focal-length is approximately 370. Your shutter speed should be faster than 1/370...such as 1/500 or 1/1000, etc. At about 5x zoom, your focal length is about 185, so your shutter speed shold be faster...ie 1/250 or 1/500...
 
Thanks. is there a camera out there that this is not a problem.
 
All cameras will be subject to your natural body movements unless you use a tripod and fire it with a remote or cable release.

There are digital cameras that have image stabilization or vibration reduction or similar that works to counteract camera shake, but of course this doesn't guard against all shakiness and such.

I think some of Konica-Minolta's cameras have this feature.
 
Syrnix said:
Thanks. is there a camera out there that this is not a problem.
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The Konica Minolta A2/A200/7D, Panasonic FZ-series and Canon S2 IS all have image stabilization built-in. I have a KM A2 and i can assure you it works great! I can easily get 3-4 extra stops of exposure with Image stabilization (aka Anti-Shake, Vibration Reduction, etc.)

Note that IS will still not prevent motion blur. Slow shutter speed is slow shutter speed, so if your subject moves, they will "streak" across the image.
 
Part of the problem was the camera was broken. i took it into a camera shop and the guy told me it was not focusing correctly. I took some pics with his display camera and they were much better then mine. I am going to take the camera back and get the canon S2 IS.
 
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