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I have questions about my sony F828. I bought the camera because I wanted
the 8MP and already had several other Sony digital cameras which I have been
very pleased with.

The problem...I want to shoot action sports shots and they all come out
blurry. I know it has something to do with the shutter speed but I've been
playing around with it.

The other thing..I have pictures from other cameras that have 200 + DPI.
When I have been shooting pictures, I'm at 72 DPI with my sony. Am I doing
something wrong?

I know I need to learn to use the camera. I just don't know quite where to
start.

any help would be appreciated.

Linda

"Linda" <> wrote in news:sYmwc.6069$4S5.619@attbi_s52:

> The other thing..I have pictures from other cameras that have 200 +
> DPI. When I have been shooting pictures, I'm at 72 DPI with my sony.
> Am I doing something wrong?
>

Don't mind the DPI setting from the camera. It has
no meaning until you print the picture, and then you
normally set it to something else.


/Roland

"Linda" <> wrote in message
news:sYmwc.6069$4S5.619@attbi_s52...
> I have questions about my sony F828. I bought the camera because I wanted
> the 8MP and already had several other Sony digital cameras which I have
been
> very pleased with.
>
> The problem...I want to shoot action sports shots and they all come out
> blurry. I know it has something to do with the shutter speed but I've been
> playing around with it.
>
> The other thing..I have pictures from other cameras that have 200 + DPI.
> When I have been shooting pictures, I'm at 72 DPI with my sony. Am I
doing
> something wrong?
>
> I know I need to learn to use the camera. I just don't know quite where
to
> start.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
> Linda
>
> Bear in mind you need a minmum shutter speed over the focal lengh of your
lens when shooting hand held and perhaps much faster for action shots going
across your field of vision and if its say a car going across your FOV you
help by panning the shot.
MikeS

"Linda" <> schreef in bericht
news:sYmwc.6069$4S5.619@attbi_s52...
> I have questions about my sony F828. I bought the camera because I wanted
> the 8MP and already had several other Sony digital cameras which I have
been
> very pleased with.
>
> The problem...I want to shoot action sports shots and they all come out
> blurry. I know it has something to do with the shutter speed but I've been
> playing around with it.
>
> The other thing..I have pictures from other cameras that have 200 + DPI.
> When I have been shooting pictures, I'm at 72 DPI with my sony. Am I
doing
> something wrong?

If you know *that* little about those kind of things I suggest you buy a
good book.
Using a digital camera means you have to know the difference between dpi,
ppi, resulution, pixels, lines per inch, etc.
Succes
Div

>
> I know I need to learn to use the camera. I just don't know quite where
to
> start.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
> Linda
>
>

Linda;

Try setting your camera to a 'sport' mode. This usually ups the iso to 400
and allows a higher shutter speed.

If you are trying to freeze the action, then you probably want to ensure a
shutter speed of at least 1/250th or better yet 1/350th. If you can get the
shutter speed higher, such as 1/1000th, then it will freeze the action for
you. There is a rule for using long lenses and that is that your shutter
speed should equal the focal length or greater. For example, a 200mm lens
would require a 1/200th shutter speed to avoid motion blur. Sometimes you
do want motion blur, such as panning to capture a race car for example.
Also, every sport is different, so you will have to figure out what works
for your particular sport with some practice.

I usually shoot in aperture priority mode, choosing a wide aperture for a
shallow depth of field, which also allows a higher shutter speed under the
same conditions. Even on a sunny day I find myself choosing iso 400. I
shoot with a Canon 10D, so it is going to perform a little differently.

A lot of the printing programs will show 72 dpi when a picture is opened
because that is all that is required on your monitor. However, when you go
to print you will be looking for roughly 300 dpi - depending on your image,
printer, paper, size of printout, etc. Some will argue that you can go as
low as 180 dpi for printing and certain profiles for photo labs require that
they be sent 400 dpi - to obtain the best results.

Have fun learning,

Don


"Linda" <> wrote in message
news:sYmwc.6069$4S5.619@attbi_s52...
> I have questions about my sony F828. I bought the camera because I wanted
> the 8MP and already had several other Sony digital cameras which I have
been
> very pleased with.
>
> The problem...I want to shoot action sports shots and they all come out
> blurry. I know it has something to do with the shutter speed but I've been
> playing around with it.
>
> The other thing..I have pictures from other cameras that have 200 + DPI.
> When I have been shooting pictures, I'm at 72 DPI with my sony. Am I
doing
> something wrong?
>
> I know I need to learn to use the camera. I just don't know quite where
to
> start.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
> Linda
>
>

If you are shooting outdoors in good light use the camera in shutter
preferred mode and set the ISO for automatic. The camera will match your
shutter speed with the lowest possible ISO equivalent. Realistically one
should try to avoid using this camera at ISO 400 or above because of image
noise. I have had very good results using it this way. If possible use
manual focus and try to anticipate when you want to shoot. I have found that
the 828 has little or no shutter lag but autofocus lag, as with any 35mm
autofocus SLR, can be a problem. The 828 also has a mode that will let you
rapidly shoot 3-5 images prior to having to write to the memory card. With
the slower compact flash cards it usually takes about 3-4 seconds per write
otherwise. One of the joys of digital is that it is possible to experiment
and learn with the camera and see immediate results without having to waste
film.