Problems with the Canon SD110

[B-tray]

Alrighty guys... im new to digital photography, so heres my problem.

I just got the Canon SD110 for xmas today, and when fooling around with it, I've encountered a weird issue. After taking photos with the flash on, the pictures are clear crisp and great (good1.jpg). When I take the flash off however, its jumbled, blurry, and not so great (bad1.jpg). Any ideas why this would happen?

Thanks Alot!

Brendan :)

[Moppie]

With flash, lots of light, high shutter speed, no camera shake.

With out flash, no much light, low shutter, camera shake.


Have a read and search around the forums, but basicly your camera needs light to work, how much light it gets is controlled by the shutter. The more light there is, the faster it can open and close. If your shooting hand held then as a general rule faster is better.
Unforunatly where there isn't enuogh light the shutter has to open longer to let more light in, if your holding the camera in your hands it will move around during that time, causing the blurring you see.
You can try holding the camera steadier, use a tripod, or use the flash.
Depending what options you camera has you may also be able to force it to use a wider apature, or a faster shutter speed (above 1/100th) or use the flash.
Pracitice hand holding will also help, most people can hand hold down to about 1/30th of a second shutter speed.

There is more, for example the white balance in the 2nd shot is also off, but I could write for pages on things you need to learn, and relativly speaking I know almost nothing myself :)

Forunatly everything you need to know has been covered, now you know what the problem is, your mission is to find the solution.

[B-tray]

Thanks alot dude. I gotta start learning some stuff :D.\

Merry Xmas!

[Jon]

Moppie has it right. You need to make sure you're using a fast enough shutter speed that your micro-trembling doesn't get a chance to record. With flash, it's all over in less than 1/1000 sec., even though the shutter speed may be slower. Without flash you should be seeing a shutter speed of 1/30 (for wide angle) to 1/125 (for telephoto) or faster to avoid problems with camera shake. Also, using the LCD display to compose forces you to a less-steady camera hold. If you use the optical viewfinder you won't see exactly what the picture will be, but you'll have a much steadier camera hold.