Digital cameras: Turning off flash, longer exposure?

Even though it's digital the same rpincipals of film photography apply.

The less light the More time it takes to record the image.

When flash is turned off make sure you use a tripod or use self timer while the camera is sitting on a stationary object. Self timer is wonderful because you will often inadvertantly move the camera enough to give you camera shake (blurriness) when you press the shutter.

What are you taking a picture of and where and when? For instance, are you taking a daytime picutre of a lanscape scenario or a night time setting with a particular object or central focus? Daytime pictures are a lot easier to take because you do not need the falsh as much unless it's a rotten dark rainy day. Can you adjust your ISO (shutter speed) setting to automatic or say 50 or lower without the flash? You do not neccessarily need more exposure time if the flash is turned off, but you may need a tripod and a timer setting on your camera to keep your camera steady while the picture is taken. In other words, you may not need longer exposure (unless you're taking one of those special effects pictures like when you have moving objects, like cars with headlights turned on, and you want to make the lights look like a trailing laser effect).

If you want to bypass the flash, and your getting blurry images,

your only recourse is to let in more light in the room either thru a window (open window shades) or turn on more lights in the room, and if that does not work, then you must use a tripod to keep the camera perfectly still during the exposure. If you dont have a tripod, set the camera down on a solid surface and use the self timer instead of pushing the shutter button manually. (you can still get a blurry image if you move the camera trying to push the shutter button)

When taking pics with no flash do the following:

1. Use highest aperture (if its slim camera, use lowest zoom)

2. Change film speed to 800 (some cameras you have to reduce pixels)

3. Use tripod

That will do it

When the flash is off you need to keep the camera more stable because otherwise the light might not be enough to get a good image. Don't move the camera right away after your press the shooter. Wait one more secound than usual.