how do you snap a picture mine are blurry

[tbdbuckeyeitl]

All of my pictures are blurry. Do I use side button or icon on screen. Do I hold and release or tap. Please help.

 

[p08757]

Make sure your lens is clean, and look ar your settings to make sure they are appropriate for the photo you are taking. If nothing else choose automatic.

 

[tntdroid]

Also make sure you press the camera button half way first to focus. Once it beeps and shows a green square then hold steady and press it all the way keeping still.

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[kentusmc]

You could also try changing you iso settings

 

[ghbishop]

Low ISO numbers are good in low light situations.

I was taking some holiday decoration shots at night and saw a huge improvement when I went from ISO 400 to ISO 100

High ISO numbers work when you have a lot of light and your subject may be moving. A moving subject in low light will be a challenge. High ISO shots give more grain so try to get close.

 

[JkdJedi]

Low ISO numbers are good in low light situations.

I was taking some holiday decoration shots at night and saw a huge improvement when I went from ISO 400 to ISO 100

High ISO numbers work when you have a lot of light and your subject may be moving. A moving subject in low light will be a challenge. High ISO shots give more grain so try to get close.

High iso s in photography are used for low light conditions. When the days of 35mm film was used anything above 400 was/or is considered fast film. Fast because your able to use a shorter shutter speed for action and for keeping things focused in low light conditions. The 800 setting in the droid x has a lot of noise and for that reason auto settings in ISO should be disabled. 200 is my personel choice.


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[fallensoulja]

So your saying we should disable the automatic iso setting?

I've never really had any problems with my pics one thing that I use that seems to make my pictures look even better is vignette, but other than that my stock camera app takes pretty good photos with everything set to auto

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[tntdroid]

Low ISO numbers are good in low light situations.

I was taking some holiday decoration shots at night and saw a huge improvement when I went from ISO 400 to ISO 100

High ISO numbers work when you have a lot of light and your subject may be moving. A moving subject in low light will be a challenge. High ISO shots give more grain so try to get close.

Wait im lost in this one too. Lower iso like 100 is for best quality photos but not good in low light. Iso up higher produces more fake light for low light photos but you get lots of grain. On a camera you want to shoot at the lowest iso at all times when you can. Only time I shoot higher is at concerts or indoors on my dslr. Same should apply to any camera.

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[nmDXaddict]

Thanks for the tips. Great pictures outdoors but indoors was bad. will try the new settings! <just got my X last week as an early xmas present. I'm loving it so far>

 

[jdbower]

As a little more light on the ISO setting (no pun intended):

1. If you don't know what you're doing with it you should probably leave it on Auto. If you want to learn, try taking the same shot with a variety of settings to see what the differences are. Try low light, good light, still subjects and moving subjects.

2. In general the lower the ISO setting the longer the exposure will take but the better quality the picture is (some sensors in DSLRs are actually ideal around 100 or 200 ISO but may have settings for 50 ISO, we won't get into that here). High ISO settings are like listening to an old tape and turning up the volume - not only is the music volume higher but the hiss in the background is too. This "hiss" in photographic terms is called noise and manifests itself as randomly colored pixels. Most people who see a noisy digital image say it looks "grainy".

3. Lower ISO settings don't have as much of a grainy quality to them, but you need to keep the shutter open longer. As such, if the subject isn't moving and you've got the camera on a tripod using the lowest ISO is generally best. Problem is this is a camera phone and we don't have the luxury of a tripod so motion blur can get the better of you. First work on your posture, use both hands with your elbows in, lean against something if you can, squeeze the shutter button instead of jerking it, etc. Of course, if your subject is moving none of this may even matter, but you can look into using motion blur for creative effects. This is much harder to do without a good flash (look up rear curtain sync, for example), but it can smooth out water flow.

4. Most importantly, post an example shot of what you'd like to fix. One person's "grainy" is another person's "blurry" and some people complain about the quality when you zoom to irrational levels when the picture looks fine from a normal viewing distance.

Hope this helps!

 

[tntdroid]

Well said. A good 101 on iso. Also not sure if this works on the phone like a camera but if you track a moving object and snap and continue to follow the subject should be in focus with the background blurred out. I shoot race cars like that with a canon and it adds a nice fast in motion feel. Also remember its a cell phone. Its good for in the moment photos but could never replace my camera.

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[Arelunde]

Another important thing many people have trouble with is keeping the X perfectly still while the camera takes the photo. Camera movement is a common cause of blurry photos.... in addition to a dirty lens.

 

[owtkast3]

How do I get the focus square thing on my screen? I dont have it when I press the picture button it doesnt show up.