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How do I get clear digital photos?

I bought the new Sony 14 m Cyber-shot. The advertising says Everything I want to hear.. The problem is, it's not quite true. The pictures from this $200 camera are no better that a 9 or 10 year old 7.2 m Cyber-shot. They are still blurry. I returned the camera. While I was returning it, a person that overheard the conversation, volunteered some information. She said that she had had similar problems with blurring and was told by a 'Techie', "some of the new cameras are so fast that they require a Huge memory card to get non-blurry pictures or at least better pictures". I had a 2G card in the camera. Some feed back on this 'huge memory card' theory please. Sony was little or no help.

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  • Jim A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Sorry that "techie" was wrong. Clear, in focus, sharp photos have nothing what so ever to do with the type of memory used. Even if the memory only holds one photo at a time, if the camera and its associated lens(s) are what they should be, that one photo would be clear and crisp.

    My opinion only, you got what you paid for. Compact cameras are sold all the time but do not and never will equal today's digital SLR cameras - it won't happen. There are several reasons. Among them, and second in importance, is the size of the digital sensor, the little item that actually replaced that frame of film in the older cameras. First thing is the optics attached to the camera. Without both of those, along with the processor inside the camera, your quality will be diminished.

    What you're actually doing is buying a volkswagon and expecting it to perform like a caddy - won't happen.

  • keerok
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The Sony Cybershot cameras are some of the easiest to use ever. My wife has one and she just sets everything to Auto and manages to get decent pictures most of the time. Just remember to follow these two basic rules in taking pictures.

    1. Shoot under well-lighted conditions only. It is the ability to assess the amount of light that makes good photographers. Lower light forces the camera to take the picture longer making blur more evident.

    2. Stay still when clicking. Click half-way to enable autofocus and auto setup, pause for half-a-second then press fully, count to one, relax. Use the anti-shake feature of the camera to reduce blurring further. If you still can't get a clear shot even with good lighting, use a tripod.

    There will be times when you still can't get clear shots of people a few feet away from you even if they're standing still like frozen popsicles. Check your camera and take it off macro, the one used for taking pictures at very close distances. It's usually indicated by a flower icon. Set everything back to normal to have trouble-free shooting.

    Memory has absolutely nothing to do with clarity.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    while you're desirous to photos of photos, set up a card table, you want a flat floor. Use a tripod, place the image on the middle of the table, attempt to get some direct lighting fixtures on the photograph. strengthen the digicam up and factor in straight away down on the photograph, use the timer on the digicam, employing the tripod and the timer will ward off any digicam shake. additionally the photos you taking photos of might desire to in concentration too, in the event that they don't seem to be not something you are able to approximately that. in case you have a scanner, why do not you in basic terms test them ? in case you desirous to take a self portrait, back you want a tripod and use the self timer on the digicam. For a historical past any sparkling wall area works or possibly a bookself at the back of you.

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