night pics

[totono]

Hi-
I was at Mardi Gras this weekend and I wanted to take pics of the street (people and buildings), however I got very blurry pics w/o the flash. I also tried to add exposure and a long shutter but the pictures where very blurry. With the flash they werent blurry but obviously I could only see the head of the person standing in front of me. Is this normal or what setting is good good for this situation? I have the S230. Thanks.

[bigdave]

Use iso 200-400. If your "flim speed" is faster, your shutter won't have to stay open for so long... hence, no more blur.

[paul c]

set iso to 100,turn off long shutter,or if you want to use long shutter mode,set camera on a tripod,otherwise everythings going to turn out blurry alright.now if you turn off long shutter , use slow sync flash mode(the one w/ a snowman looking icon and a star on the upper right side)and don't forget to brace your elbows on the side of your body or use a tripod,keep the camera steady and press shutter carefully and don't move camera till it stops recording the image to the CF card.oh ! and also,turn AIAF on,no need for exposure compensation,leave it set to zero. hope that helps you take clearer,more properly exposed images,,pc

[totono]

Paul, thanks for your in-depth response, you seem to have lots of experience w/ these small cameras. I will try it and let you know what happens. Thanks again!

[paul c]

you're welcome totono,this is a great little camera,just spend a bit of time experimenting on different settings in manual mode,till you're happy with the result,take notes,so you don't 4get w/c shot you took with w/c setting. happy shooting ! pc