5 Responses to “With The Sony Cybershot, Can I Shoot Pictures In Low Light And Not Get A Lot Of Blur?manual Settings?”

1. Jim B says:

   February 24, 2010 at 11:29 am

   Sounds like you’ve got several things going on . . .
   Pictures shot in low light require a mixture of things . . . usually large apertures, slow shutter speeds or high ISO.
   For the most part, images taken with shutter speeds of 1/250 of a second or slower are prone to camera shake. To resolve this issue, you can increase the ISO setting, increase the aperture openning or place the camera on a tripod. Another option is to use a flash or series of flashes to provide additional light on your subject. This will have the affect of allowing you to use higher shutter speeds, lower ISO settings and smaller apertures.
   If you’re trying to stop the action (make sure the hands are not blurred while moving) then you need a fast shutter speed. Even if you place the camera on a tripod in a low light environment, unless you use a fast shutter speed, you’ll still get blur when people move.
2. Black Fedora says:

   February 24, 2010 at 5:56 pm

   some sony camera allow you to adjust the light sensitivity, ISO, setting in manual mode. In low light, set the ISO to the highest setting…usually 400 or 1000 depending on the camera.
3. techyphi says:

   February 24, 2010 at 8:52 pm

   If peoples’ hands blur then the best fix is to boost the “speed” rating if your camera allows it. See the camera manual for details on how to do it if the feature is available.
   The best thing I do to shoot in low light and minimize blurring from my caffeine shakes is to use a tripod. The small “mini” tripods fit in most compact camera bags…
4. OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1 says:

   February 25, 2010 at 3:50 am

   No. I did a quick scan of some recent Sonys and they seem to max out at ISO 1250. The Fujifilm FinePix F30 goes up to ISO 3200. I imagine that the upper range of both cameras will be close to worthless, but that still makes the Fuji twice as fast. The Sonys and the Fuji both have lenses that start at F2.8 at the wide end, so no speed advantage there.
   With ISO 1600 and F2.8, you can take shots by candle light, so if speed matters that much to you, look into the Fuji.http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Fu…
5. strategy says:

   February 25, 2010 at 6:55 am

   Check out shutter speed…u have options in some cams…but if u change the shutter speed then you will need a tripod to take snaps cos any optoin changed from auto makes d cam very sensitive to movement…so u’ll need a tripod…read d manual….jus search for shutter speed….
   hope this helps