Shooting good lightened indoors issues

[motagaly]

Dear All,
I've just bought my Canon A710 IS,i had party in cafe' and it was good lightened, and i used the nigh scene mood to get small amount of flash , because when i tried the "P" mode it gave me very high flash which in return removed all the natural colors of the picture.

the issue is i don't know why i get blurred images, even though i let the camera decide the ISO level to choose (which by the way is not controllable in this mode) and the flash did fire. :cry:

I don't have a tripod and if i have it it won't be perfect because the subjects are moving a little bit so i can't make the camera open the lens for too long :confused:

Also the Image Stabilization was ON

i've attached two images to see them and judge for your self

thanks in advance :cool:

[cricketboy75]

what was the EXIF?

[rpolitsr]

Your analysis is basically correct, except that a good lightened café will be a poorly lighted environment from the p&s camera’s point of view.

IS will help with camera shake, but moving people will still be blurred.
The tripod will help with the walls and pictures that are static elements, but again the people will be blurred.

You will need a shutter speed of 1/60sec. or shorter to get people sharp, and from your EXIF data the camera went to 1/8sec. f2.8 in order to get the background with correct exposure.

I’m afraid you will need more power from the flash although I agree it will kill the mood you tried to capture.

[motagaly]

Exif data:
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Software : Paint.NET v3.10
Date modified : 2007:09:26 18:30:22
YCbCr Positioning : centered (1)
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Exposure time [s] : 1/8
F-Number : 2.8
EXIF version : 02.20
Date taken : 2007:09:26 18:30:22
Date digitized : 2007:09:26 18:30:22
Components configuration : YCbCr
Compressed bits per pixel : 5
Shutter speed [s] : 1/8
Aperture : F2.8
Exposure bias value : 0
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Metering mode : Multi-segment (5)
Flash : Flash fired
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EXIF image width : 1600
EXIF image length : 1200
Focal plane X-Resolution : 64000/9
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Sensing method : One-chip color area sensor (2)
File source : DSC
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Macro : Unknown
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Flash mode : Unknown
Drive mode : Single or timer
Focus Mode : MF
Image size : Unknown
Easy shooting : Unknown
Contrast : High
Saturation : Unknown
Sharpness : Normal
ISO value : Unknown
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Compression : 6
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[motagaly]

Thx Rafael , the 1/60 point is great ... for a long time i wanted to know this value , and to be frank , the camera warned me in all the pix with the hand shake even when the image stabilization was on...

End of Story , i need to run the camera in these situations in "P" mode that will fire a heavy flash .. and my pix will lose its natural colors :(

[cricketboy75]

Thx Rafael , the 1/60 point is great ... for a long time i wanted to know this value , and to be frank , the camera warned me in all the pix with the hand shake even when the image stabilization was on...

End of Story , i need to run the camera in these situations in "P" mode that will fire a heavy flash .. and my pix will lose its natural colors :(
does your camera take an external flash? i tried iso 400, 1/30, f5 with an external flash on my g7 indoors last night and bounced the flash off the ceiling and the pictures came out pretty natural and sharp. that might help...

[thitipong]

too slow shutter speed to handle by hand. You need tripod or may be put the camera on the table.

[motagaly]

Putting camera on a table is a good idea , but will not have the ability to frame the picture right :(

Also i'll try to get an external flash if it gives a better performance and don't destroy the natural lights and colors of the picture

BTW what is the difference between internal and external flash in terms of "Loosing the natural colors and existing light" ??

[NOsquid]

You can bounce the external flash off a wall or a ceiling, the light isn't pointed directly at the subject.