SD600 taking blurry photos?

One very important thing to remember when you're using one of these tiny cameras is that, especially if you're using the LCD as your viewfinder, they're extremely susceptible to camera shake when you press the shutter release. If you use the optical viewfinder instead, you'll do much better, since you can use your forehead as an additional brace point.

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For a recommendation, I'd say get the cheapest canon and you will be happy. My first camera was a A75 which I still have, my daughters have the A540 and A610. They all take great pictures for P&S.

SD600 is a fine camera, I bought my girlfriend one and she understands the concept of high iso, low light, and shutter speed.

Might want to try holding still when shooting in low light. I find the images off her camrea are more than acceptable in low light.

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And before you say ""Sure, but you're an expert".

Sorry, but there's nothing about these samples that brought the word "expert" to my mind.

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=JustShootin';3029062]​Sorry, but there's nothing about these samples that brought the word "expert" to my mind.

Just didn't want all the "SD600's so blurry" types thinking that sharp was something they couldn't do with it. Could you do that with no experience or lessons/training? The SD600 is a fine camera; but every camera (and lens) has to be used in its own way. You can't shoot with an SD600 the same way you would with a 1D, or an S3, or a Kodak DC265. They're built differently and they handle differently. You can't carry shooting technique from one over to the other.

Hi,
Your first two photos look very like some which I got when I accidently set my camera to 'Slow Synchro' on.

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padylyn

Would the Image Stabilization that the SD700 has take care of the blur problem.

Before I bought this camera I did a lot of research. The SD600 came highly recommended in most of the reviews. I thought the purpose of a point and shoot camera was to point and shoot. I was totally wrong on that aspect! I am very fustrated with this camera and I would sell it if anyone is interested.

I have tried everything I can tink of and then some and can't get a good picture.

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The conditions you're trying to shoot in (in your sample pictures) are tough for any P&S camera. Your best bet is to set the ISO as high as you can, and even then it won't be enough. IS won't help for basketball except while someone's lining up a foul shot, since it only stops camera shake, not subject motion. But if you want to photograph basketball inside a (high school?) gym, figure on getting at least a 30D and an f/1.8-f/2 lens so you get a fast lens and a high ISO. A couple of things you might do to help with shake - either use the camera's viewfinder instead of the LCD to compose with or get a monopod to steady the camera with. If they won't let you take a monopod into the gym, get a trekking pole with removable top and tripod screw under it. A set of poles won't work - they don't have tripod screws, but a single pole usually does, and you use it as a cane to get in the door. That will help you steady you and the camera. Stopping the action's a different problem.