Optimum shutter speeds for hand holding are something like 1/60 or faster (especially for stopping motion or for living things like people, animals, etc). I noticed one pic had a 1sec shutter speed... it's nearly impossible to hold completely still for one second, so that's why it's blurry. Any reason for doing everything manual? *shrug* Call me lazy, but I don't see the need for manual metering/focusing/whatever in 95% of situations.
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I don`t know. But you have a camera I would kill for. You know,my camera has a semi-manual focusing mode (S-MF,or something like that). It`s basically auto-focus,but you can still adjust it when the button is halfway pushed down.
Also,maybe sometimes you are too much in a hurry with some shots,having the "just get it over with allready" mentality? ...
Oh,and if you use live-view (shooting through the display),then that can definately be the issue. Allways shoot through the viewfinder,otherwise everything goes wayyy slower and wayyy less precise.
...by the way,I`m the guy who was givin` you a hard time when you first joined here. Sorry about that. And you have a few amasing photos I really like!
I'd check the viewfinder thingo that one can tailor to one's eyesight (if your camera has it). I had the same thing but girl child changed it to her [better] eyesight and when I realised this whalla my pix were then in focus ....
I think the problem is that you're using manual when perhaps you're not ready to use that mode. Try shooting in AV mode first, only setting your aperture and leaving the shutter speed to your camera. As somebody else mentioned, a one second exposure for your latest photo isn't going to yield a sharp image.
@jinximages again to the rescue ... too tired to even be bothered with researching or reaching down to get the book and write it properly ... war's they do it to ya ... or you passed ur lurgy down the ether.
@hmgphotos Thank you. I always feel its cheating to use to auto and also sometimes the use of flash gets in the way. What setting do you use for portraits?
@spaceman It's so funny because two weeks ago I had no idea what the protocols were and you guys surely set me straight.
thanks for taking the time and writing back. I do use the viewfinder, perhaps a tripod will also be helpful for my photography life. I don't have the "lets get it over attitude" but I do always have tons of distractions in the back round ;)
@vikdaddy Thank you. AV will leave me with less things to worry about. I do have a long way to go and sometimes my moving the buttons around leaves me with my subject gone. So I will use AV today.
Oh and as to the topic at hand - what do you use for editing them? You might want to try fiddling with sharpening options, but yeah principally it's the shutter speed
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I don`t know. But you have a camera I would kill for. You know,my camera has a semi-manual focusing mode (S-MF,or something like that). It`s basically auto-focus,but you can still adjust it when the button is halfway pushed down.
Also,maybe sometimes you are too much in a hurry with some shots,having the "just get it over with allready" mentality? ...
Oh,and if you use live-view (shooting through the display),then that can definately be the issue. Allways shoot through the viewfinder,otherwise everything goes wayyy slower and wayyy less precise.
...by the way,I`m the guy who was givin` you a hard time when you first joined here. Sorry about that. And you have a few amasing photos I really like!
http://365project.org/discuss/articles/1245/going-manual-manual-focusing http://365project.org/discuss/articles/1510/going-manual-ii-manual-exposure
thanks for taking the time and writing back. I do use the viewfinder, perhaps a tripod will also be helpful for my photography life. I don't have the "lets get it over attitude" but I do always have tons of distractions in the back round ;)
@azirasson see your lastest pic for links and critique on the 'blurry' issue