I have a Nikon Coolpix digital camera.

I have a hard time taking pictures because when I press the button to take a picture, there is a 1-2 second lag. If I don't hold my hands still for 1-2 seconds, the image comes out blurry.
Likewise, if the person is moving while I'm taking a picture, they're blurry.

When I say blurry, I mean it records everything that happens within the lag time and the exposure represents everything that occurs within the lag time.

Is there a way to set the camera to have a near instantaneous shutter speed so that it's clear even when people are moving?

10/24/2011 9:51:36 PM

Ha. Yea, I have the same camera and the same goddamn problems. Likewise with any phone I have ever used. I Always chalk it up to owning a shitty ass camera.

10/24/2011 10:14:41 PM

Buy a better camera. Can't go wrong with any canon.

10/24/2011 10:30:28 PM

Quote :

"Buy a better camera"

Also, add some pizza grease on the lens to counter the blurriness.

10/24/2011 10:41:31 PM

Quote :

"Likewise with any phone I have ever used."

physical camera buttons tend to work better than on screen touch buttons

10/24/2011 10:42:28 PM

What do I look for in particular that measures the lag time/photo speed?

10/24/2011 10:47:31 PM

exposure, shutter speed, aperture

but if its a shitty camera you probably cant modify shit

you could always get a tripod

10/24/2011 10:49:15 PM

put the thing in "auto" and max ISO

10/24/2011 10:52:30 PM

throw the camera at the subject while yelling "gotta catch them all"...

10/24/2011 10:53:47 PM

Is JBaz the Tech Talk Troll?


Also what are the units that exposure, shutter speed, aperture measured in?

10/24/2011 10:56:25 PM

Read this (section 1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography#Function

10/24/2011 11:01:27 PM

only towards anyone named GeniuSxBoY

10/24/2011 11:39:06 PM

That's cool.

10/25/2011 12:38:41 AM

its the new rave, you should join in.

10/25/2011 5:05:42 AM

You have a shitty camera. Unless you're shooting things in direct sunlight or with a flash, it's going to take a second to expose the image. Buy a better camera or deal with it dot gif.

10/25/2011 7:36:50 AM

I can't speak from experience on this camera as I've never owned one, but "many" cameras have the following apply:

If you press the button down halfway, it'll auto focus for you. After it sets its focus, press the button the rest of the way down and it'll take the picture. If you just start by pressing the button down all the way, it tries to speed through the process and will often give a blurry pic.

Bad explanation that may or may not apply to your specific situation. Good luck!

10/25/2011 8:14:40 AM