blurry: My old camera was a Nikon D50 thought it was time to get a newer camera, so got a Nikon 3300. We went to our Granddaughters cheer competition in a gym, we turned off the flash...

rods5stars

My old camera was a Nikon D50 thought it was time to get a newer camera, so got a Nikon 3300. We went to our Granddaughters cheer competition in a gym, we turned off the flash and fired away, unfortunate for us the pictures all came out just a bit blurry they were not sharp and crisp like they had been on the D50 of course these were action shots, what did we do wrong, how can we fix it.
Thanks

Rod Hoffmann

Bob Boner

What was your shutter speed?

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

rods5stars wrote:

My old camera was a Nikon D50 thought it was time to get a newer camera, so got a Nikon 3300. We went to our Granddaughters cheer competition in a gym, we turned off the flash and fired away, unfortunate for us the pictures all came out just a bit blurry they were not sharp and crisp like they had been on the D50 of course these were action shots, what did we do wrong, how can we fix it.
Thanks

Rod Hoffmann

It could be your shutter speed was to slow.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

rods5stars wrote:

My old camera was a Nikon D50 thought it was time to get a newer camera, so got a Nikon 3300. We went to our Granddaughters cheer competition in a gym, we turned off the flash and fired away, unfortunate for us the pictures all came out just a bit blurry they were not sharp and crisp like they had been on the D50 of course these were action shots, what did we do wrong, how can we fix it.
Thanks

Rod Hoffmann

Entry level camera, kit lens, indoors, no flash = motion blur in ALL your pictures, caused by both camera movement AND subject motion as your shutter speed is jusy way to slow to freeze the action.
Photography 101

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Higher shutter speed and ISO . Indoors you should have been at ISO 1200 minimum, preferably at ISO 1600 or even higher. In Shutter priority mode, anything slower than 1/200 is going to be dodgy.

Remember, you can fix noise, you cannot fix blur.

67skylark27 Loc: Fort Atkinson, WI

Check out the Sports Photography section of this forum and view
the shooting details of some of the pictures there, basketball, volleyball etc.
Post what lens you are using and what your shooting details are.
You can start by shooting in manual, then have your lens wide open f2.8 minimum
for indoor sports, f1.8 prime more ideal, then 1/640th or faster shutter, ISO 1250-1600
and go from there. For the situation you are describing, I'd be shooting with my
85mm f1.8 or 50mm f1.4 primes and shoot at 1/1000th. If you are using the kit
lenses it's just not going to happen in a dark gym.

rods5stars

great idea sports setting I will give it a try

Bill_de Loc: US

https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/t/sports.html

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Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

rods5stars wrote:

My old camera was a Nikon D50 thought it was time to get a newer camera, so got a Nikon 3300. We went to our Granddaughters cheer competition in a gym, we turned off the flash and fired away, unfortunate for us the pictures all came out just a bit blurry they were not sharp and crisp like they had been on the D50 of course these were action shots, what did we do wrong, how can we fix it.
Thanks

Rod Hoffmann

Post a sample image with the "Store Original" box ticked. Then you can get some solid advice. Now all you can get is guesswork.

chats005

DO you have recommendations on how to fix noise?
I must be using the Noise reduction incorrectly in CS5.