Capturing Movement

[Lil Miss LeiLani]

Hi Guys..

I have a 5.1mp Fujifilm digital camera -

wondering what setting to have it on to when you are trying to capture your dog in movement ?

Some come up quite blurry when the cats/zorro move.

Generally I have it on either Auto, or Anti Shake.

I don't know much about photography, all I know is that I want clearer pics ! :-)

Thanks muchly !!!

[Ripley]

Does it have a sports mode? That should freeze the action.

ETA: Most pocket digitals have a few modes to use for different scenes that (bascially) do what their icon suggests.

Sports mode will be good for dogs running as it uses a faster shutter speed.

Use the Landscape setting if you are taking photos of scenery - this is usually represented by a mountain icon.

Then there is Portrait mode for taking photos of someone. This icon is a face icon.

Many other compact digitals have other settings as well, a flower icon is their macro setting for close up photos of a flower, for example.

You can flick the dial on top of your camera which will bring up the digital screen, scroll through the menu to access the settings.

Edited October 11, 2007 by Ripley

[blacklabrador]

Ask Ashanali. She took this picture of my girl.

[Vickie]

wondering what setting to have it on to when you are trying to capture your dog in movement ?

Some come up quite blurry when the cats/zorro move.

Generally I have it on either Auto, or Anti Shake.

Basically it all depends on the available light. The way it works is the higher the shutter speed the more the action will be frozen.

Problem with this is that on a cloudy day where there is not much light...a high shutter speed with produce very dark photos as the aperture will not be open long enough to let enough light in. A low shutter speed will generally result in blurry photos as it will not freeze movement.

Are you able to use manual settings?

Increasing the ISO if you can will help, but it will add noise to your photos.

If I am trying to take action shots, I don't even bother unless I can get a shutter speed of at least 800.

Hope this helps...maybe if you could tell us about the options on your camera we could be more help.