blurry pictures I recently purchased the Kodak Z812 because it was time for an upgrade from my very dated Kodak EasyShare camera. At first I was amazed by the excellent quality of the pictures I was taking. But I'm having some technical difficulties. When I take pictures, there is some blurriness or "fuzz" around my subjects in some of my pictures. I took some pictures of my son waving, and his hand was complete fuzz. This didn't happen with my old camera. And when I tried the action mode, the pictures were very grainy. Any advice? I love the camera; I just wish I knew how to fix my issues. blurry pictures I recently purchased the Kodak Z812 because it was time for an upgrade from my very dated Kodak EasyShare camera. At first I was amazed by the excellent quality of the pictures I... » Read More blurry pictures I recently purchased the Kodak Z812 because it was time for an upgrade from my very dated Kodak EasyShare camera. At first I was amazed by the excellent quality of the pictures I was taking. But I'm having some technical difficulties. When I take pictures, there is some blurriness or "fuzz" around my subjects in some of my pictures. I took some pictures of my son waving, and his hand was complete fuzz. This didn't happen with my old camera. And when I tried the action mode, the pictures were very grainy. Any advice? I love the camera; I just wish I knew how to fix my issues. « Show Less
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THis camera replaced my DX6340 and I am not as happy with the picture quality of the new camera. Like you said, pictures are blurry and just not as sharp. Did these suggestions help you? My husband will be heart broken if I ditch the new one since he gave it to me for Christmas.
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It would really help if people learned a little about photography. You have stepped up from a pocket point and shoot to a camera with many more features. The problem with the blurry shots is normally lighting. If the lighting is bad the camera has to increase the shutter speed so the picture will properly expose. When the shutter speed increases you can get image blur if the subject is moving. Photography is a world of give and take....you can not simply press the shutter button and get the perfect picture no matter what the conditions are.
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Thank you D. Fletcher! That never occurred to me and it did the trick on my Z712. I'll only use IS for long shots with lots of zoom. Thanks a heap!
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Also... what seems to help is a half press on the capture button. I do this before every shot to re-focus the camera especially if at a distance or people are moving. I notice that when I don't the photo is grainy or blur can occur. Hopefully the other post helped you, but you can do this too.
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Hi! When your son's waving hand is a blur, it's because your shutter speed is too slow. The hand has time to move while the picture is being shot. The graininess is the result of your camera compensating for the faster shutter speed by increasing its sensitivity. The solution is to add more light to the scene or try a different ISO setting. On most digital cameras, that's in the setup menu somewhere (I'm not familiar with this one in particular).
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I also had an earlier Kodak DX model and am extremely disappointed with the relatively blurry pictures that the Z812IS produces. I have had the camera 6 weeks and I am sending the camera to Kodak for a possible warranty repair. No setting I tried, and I've tried most, will get rid of the blur. For a recent family event, I brought out the old reliable DX. Heart broken is not quite the word I would use to describe - frustrated is more like. Also - buyer be aware from an Amazon vendor, you only have 10 days to return the camera for a refund.
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i too had problems with blurring and out of focus shots, ive used the camera a lot recently, and was getting annoyed that close up shots were rubbish, until a friend said try turning off the image stabilizer, i did, close up pics look much sharper, i only use the stabilzer now for long zoom shots, isnt that what its suppose to be for anyway, maybe it aint suppose to be on all the time
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I've found that the camera takes blurry pictures indoors, when the subjects are more than 6 feet away from the flash, when the handshake mode is on, or in general low light. The blur is not hand motion, it is color dithering from the too-small sensor, too-slow lens, and poor color processing. As for motion blur, even in sunlight I have to hold the camera extra still. I have had better luck with 64 speed slide film and an f4.0 lens.
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I have this kind of issue, but with my SX130 in macro mode. At first I thought it was the lighting, but I took an identical picture, identical position, settings, etc. with my Elph 300 HS, and no such problem. The 300 has actually been fantastic for me, images are much sharper and colors more vivid than the 130 even though I set them to identical settings. Thinking of trading the 130 in for either the Elph 500 or the SX230 - I want a P&S (want something more portable than my DSLR) with shutter and aperture controls with same (or better) image quality as the Elph 300 (and less than $300). Now just have to test both of them out first.
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yeah, it's not a great camera to begin with and it's probably breathed it's last breath. My camera has always been blurry and I've been disappointed with it. It's dead
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There is a firmware update which totally eliminates this problem. Go to Kodak's website and download the firmware. Complete instructions are available for completing the update.
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Have you tried the ZD710?? I bought one at Walmart also, a few weeks ago. I returned it. I personally didn't like it. I didn't like how noisy the pictures were and they really weren't that sharp. I am not sure if that was just my experience or I had to high of expectations for the ZD710 camera. I also didn't like trying to take any shots when any one was moving because the pictures turned out awful. So anyway, I returned it and am looking for something else.
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Fuji has inconsistent quality control, which I found when I purchased the F10. The first camera took VERY blurry photos, the second 1/3 and the third maybe 1/5 (in default settings). Don't doubt yourself and your picture snapping skills. If you've read the manual and you are still having problems I would recommend an exchange.
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I had the same problem and sent in for warrenty work. Its probally not your imagination, mine was defective and they replaced the auto focus sensor. Now its easy to get crisp photos without vivid mode even. Ive had lots of olympus cameras and this was the first problem Ive ever had. they repaired the next day tehy recieved it and sent it back to me a day later. Im very happy with it now. It should be easy to get a crisp photo with this camera. Hope this helps.
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I just returned a Panasonic ZS5. The zoom was nice and outside pictures ok but indoors were just bad. I took repeated photos within seconds of each other with same settings same lighting etc. and one would be ok and the next had a strong red tone to it. I tried differet settings and it was the same, the photos were not consistant and half or more were bad. Also the camea has a red flash first then the regular flash went off and then about a 1/2 second or more after that the flash went off again and the camera would then take the picture. as a result the photos were blurred as everyone thought the picture was taken at the first flash. The shutter speed wth the flash is slow adding to blurred photos. On top of that the led display started getting vertical lines in it after only 10 - 15 minutes of use. Granted the camera is likely defective but some of the issues I have seen in other reviews. I used my ten year old Kodak Easyshare for christmas photos and as usual no problems. Good Luck
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Make sure you dont have this camera set to automatic ISO, set it on 100 or 200 ISO(cant use 100 ISO in simple mode) if you have to...any ISO above 100 actualy will KILL your sharp picture in a heart beat...the other problem is, the apture and shutter speed has to make up for what LOW ISO is missing, (you need slower Shutter and larger apture size) will have to make up for the ISO sensitivity and youll get more blur, a tripod helps, even a mono pod to steady the camera a bit...no matter how good your shake control is, it wont be perfect by a mile...I checked the Kodak and found a few quality control problems on the internet reviews, not on this camera have i found any issues with quality... Make sure you dont have this camera set to automatic ISO, set it on 100 or 200 ISO(cant use 100 ISO in simple mode) if you have to...any ISO above 100 actualy will KILL your sharp picture in a heart beat...the other problem is, the apture and shutter speed has to make up for what LOW ISO is missing, (you need slower Shutter and larger apture size) will have to make up for the ISO sensitivity and youll get more blur, a tripod helps, even a mono pod to steady the camera a bit...no matter how good your shake control is, it wont be perfect by a mile...I checked the Kodak and found a... » Read More Make sure you dont have this camera set to automatic ISO, set it on 100 or 200 ISO(cant use 100 ISO in simple mode) if you have to...any ISO above 100 actualy will KILL your sharp picture in a heart beat...the other problem is, the apture and shutter speed has to make up for what LOW ISO is missing, (you need slower Shutter and larger apture size) will have to make up for the ISO sensitivity and youll get more blur, a tripod helps, even a mono pod to steady the camera a bit...no matter how good your shake control is, it wont be perfect by a mile...I checked the Kodak and found a few quality control problems on the internet reviews, not on this camera have i found any issues with quality... « Show Less
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I'm not happy with my Sony DSCW120, too sensitive, get a lot of blurry pictures...a real let down:(
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try putting the camera on a table and taking a picture while is absolutely still. If it is still blurry I would call Nikon
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Tracy I would keep looking for another camera. I've adjusted settings on this camera, even setting it to sport mode to remove shake, but pictures continually blur. It's difficult to take good shots even when people are just incidentally moving their arms or changing positions. I've noticed in the review section others having the same difficulty with this camera. It's not user error it's something inherent in the camera.
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You either have something on the lens or you have it in Manual Focus mode. Kodak does not sell cameras that are constantly blurry.
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Thank you. I have the problem of horribly overexposed photos with the flash. On Christmas day about half of the photos were washed out with the flash, in Auto mode. When we turned off the flash, some photos were ok, but others were blurry. I tried other rooms with different lighting, with and without flash, and again the problem of washed out subjects. Any suggestions? thank you.
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Oh gosh I wish I could help. I don't even have the same computer anymore, so I no longer have the zip file. I do remember spending 2 days to get it straightened out. I would buy a new camera before going through that again. I see some good deals on newer cameras. Good luck!!
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my Kodak Z812S...and even my old Kodak DX7630 take better pictures than the Fuji S1800. My first digital was a Fuji with 3.2 mp and it was a honey! Since then, two more Kodaks (as mentioned previously) one Sony (which is purse-sized and the pix are okay...it's just so I always have a camera on me) and the Fuji S1800. I have about 120 out of 200 or so that are great pictures from Hawaii; and maybe 80 - 100 more from various events and locations. My Eastern Europe shots were not what I hoped for, but editing helped a lot. I'm online now to order the Z981 and will probably post my opinion of the results. With all that said...I'd suggest you go with the Kodak.