Blurred photos
Jan 2, 2019 10:23:09 #
I recently upgraded from a Sony Nex 6 to an A7ii. I never had any issues with motion blur shooting the Nex 6 in Aperture Priority Mode with an adapted 50mm Leica Summicron-M, with or without the in-body flash. My son ordered a Godox speedlight for the A7ii, but since it would not arrive until today, I used an old Olympus FL-36 in manual mode at 1/8 power (bounced at 45 degrees) to shoot indoor Christmas photos. The pictures taken in Aperture Priority Mode were fine, unless someone was moving. Those shots were blurry. I thought the A7ii would be better than the Nex-6. Can someone please tell me what I did wrong? Thank you.
Jan 2, 2019 10:30:46 #
Jan 2, 2019 10:34:02 #
Jan 2, 2019 10:34:43 #
Hard to diagnose without knowing shutter speed. I could guess, but would rather withhold any judgment until I had a bit more information.
--Bob
--Bob
Adaptable wrote:
I recently upgraded from a Sony Nex 6 to an A7ii. ... (show quote)
Jan 2, 2019 10:42:19 #
There are a lot of questions like this posted on UHH. Unfortunately they are impossible to answer. "Blurry" can be due to subject motion, hands that can't hold the camera steadily enough, or poor or incorrect focus. The good folks here are excellent at diagnosing a photo and suggesting ways to improve it, but to do this, they need an uploaded original copy, with the data on ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. This is called the "EXIF" data and is stored with the photo.
Try uploading one of the blurry photos, clicking the box that says "store original" when you do so. You browse on your computer to find the photo you want to upload, click the store original box, and then click the box that says "Add Attachment" which does the actual upload.
I'm sure you'll get better answers, less snark, and less wild speculation.
Andy
Try uploading one of the blurry photos, clicking the box that says "store original" when you do so. You browse on your computer to find the photo you want to upload, click the store original box, and then click the box that says "Add Attachment" which does the actual upload.
I'm sure you'll get better answers, less snark, and less wild speculation.
Andy
Jan 2, 2019 10:45:10 #
I don't see any blurring, however, my eyes at 86 are getting a bit blurry themselves.
Jan 2, 2019 10:47:45 #
I adjusted the contrast on my monitor and can read the entire post clearly.
What I can't read is your mind nor the shutter speed of the blurry images. Take 1 or 2 examples and add a reply and attach the examples being sure to click the box for store original. We'll be able to provide more useful analysis with actual examples that show your camera settings.
What I can't read is your mind nor the shutter speed of the blurry images. Take 1 or 2 examples and add a reply and attach the examples being sure to click the box for store original. We'll be able to provide more useful analysis with actual examples that show your camera settings.
Jan 2, 2019 10:49:37 #
Adaptable wrote:
I recently upgraded from a Sony Nex 6 to an A7ii. ... (show quote)
If you post an image and click on the store original box people can not only see what you are talking about but can download the image to read the exif data to see the camera settings used to take the pic. I seriously doubt that the problem is the camera, if anything the A7II should be more forgiving than the Nex6.
Jan 2, 2019 10:52:54 #
Here's some reasons for 'blurry' pix - and some fixes.
Out of focus blur - focus the camera, make sure auto focus is set properly, make sure your auto focus 'bulls eye' is on the part of your scene that you want to be in focus.
Subject movement blur - have your subject hold still. Use a short enough shutter speed to stop the subject movement. Use an electronic flash.
Camera movement blur - hold your camera still. Use a support of some sort, set your camera onto something that doesn't move, use a tripod or monopod. Use a shorter shutter speed to stop the camera movement or an electronic flash.
If you're using manual focus, make sure that you've adjusted your camera's view finder so you can actually see that the view finder is in focus, before you try to focus an image through the view finder.
Good luck!
Out of focus blur - focus the camera, make sure auto focus is set properly, make sure your auto focus 'bulls eye' is on the part of your scene that you want to be in focus.
Subject movement blur - have your subject hold still. Use a short enough shutter speed to stop the subject movement. Use an electronic flash.
Camera movement blur - hold your camera still. Use a support of some sort, set your camera onto something that doesn't move, use a tripod or monopod. Use a shorter shutter speed to stop the camera movement or an electronic flash.
If you're using manual focus, make sure that you've adjusted your camera's view finder so you can actually see that the view finder is in focus, before you try to focus an image through the view finder.
Good luck!
Jan 2, 2019 11:44:45 #
Adaptable wrote:
I recently upgraded from a Sony Nex 6 to an A7ii. ... (show quote)
The larger the sensor, the harder it is to mask our shortcoming. If moving subjects are blurry, but everything else is sharp, you used a too slow shutter speed. Or are you saying that identical shots with the nex6 were fine?
Jan 2, 2019 17:35:29 #
Adaptable wrote:
I recently upgraded from a Sony Nex 6 to an A7ii. ... (show quote)
I can't see what you are seeing. . .
Jan 2, 2019 17:41:26 #
Gene51 wrote:
I can't see what you are seeing. . .
Yeah, I can't see squat either.
Jan 3, 2019 07:14:15 #
"the data on ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. This is called the "EXIF" data and is stored with the photo." What does EXIF stands for? I thought this is called Metadata?
Jan 3, 2019 07:24:36 #
Jan 3, 2019 08:03:03 #
If you shoot in Aperture priority and the camera is not aware of the flash (not dedicated) the shutter speed will be as if no flash was present, slow because of low indoor light, thus blurry pics. Set the shutter speed manually to 1/60 or faster, just don't exceed flash sync speed. 1/60 or 1/125 should work good allowing a little ambient light to smooth transition from flash to available light. If the flash is being bounced off the ceiling you will likely need more than 1/8 power. If the ceiling is dark or too high you may have to go straight on with the flash head.
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