Kodak EasyShare C813

[cathy44004]

I'm new to this form.I have a Kodak Easy-share C813. it takes okay picture,but nothing like some photos I've seen on this form. My question is I programed the camera to landscape and the pictures come out very blurry,in order to have a good picture I have to set the camera on Auto at all times.If anyone knows anything about this type of camera any tips would be great.

[dcclark]

What sort of lighting situation were you taking the photo in -- dim light? Outdoors, but under trees? Bright sunlight?

Posting an example would help a lot, along with the technical data. Many programs let you view the "EXIF" data, which includes the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and other useful information. Post that along with a photo (in this thread), and it would probably help.

[cathy44004]

Originally Posted by dcclark

What sort of lighting situation were you taking the photo in -- dim light? Outdoors, but under trees? Bright sunlight?

Posting an example would help a lot, along with the technical data. Many programs let you view the "EXIF" data, which includes the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and other useful information. Post that along with a photo (in this thread), and it would probably help.

I took most pictures outdoors with the flash and some with the flash.it was very cloudy the day I took the photos

[cathy44004]

Originally Posted by dcclark

What sort of lighting situation were you taking the photo in -- dim light? Outdoors, but under trees? Bright sunlight?

Posting an example would help a lot, along with the technical data. Many programs let you view the "EXIF" data, which includes the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and other useful information. Post that along with a photo (in this thread), and it would probably help.

Here is the camera I'm using.




here is the picture,Taken "landscape" without flash,but very cloudy day

[RecurrentNerve]

Looks like straightforward camera shake to me. Again if you could post the EXIF data it would help but it simply looks like your hand was a little shaky while it took the shot, and the low light meant the camera needed a slow shutter speed to get enough light in, hence the blur.

The flash would have made little difference as the subject was too far away.

[cathy44004]

Originally Posted by RecurrentNerve

Looks like straightforward camera shake to me. Again if you could post the EXIF data it would help but it simply looks like your hand was a little shaky while it took the shot, and the low light meant the camera needed a slow shutter speed to get enough light in, hence the blur.

The flash would have made little difference as the subject was too far away.

I could have shaken a little and didn't realize it.I'll try using a tripod and see if that works better.

[dcclark]

The easiest way to find your EXIF is to go to your photo in flickr, and click on your camera's name (on the right of the photo page). It will have tons of info. If you post shutter speed, aperture, and ISO, that will help a lot.

[cathy44004]

Originally Posted by RecurrentNerve

Looks like straightforward camera shake to me. Again if you could post the EXIF data it would help but it simply looks like your hand was a little shaky while it took the shot, and the low light meant the camera needed a slow shutter speed to get enough light in, hence the blur.

The flash would have made little difference as the subject was too far away.

Not sure what EXIF means.Don't know to much about my camera and the mannel really doesn't give to much details on how to operate the camera.I'm am looking for a website or a book explaining more about the camera.

[cathy44004]

Originally Posted by dcclark

The easiest way to find your EXIF is to go to your photo in flickr, and click on your camera's name (on the right of the photo page). It will have tons of info. If you post shutter speed, aperture, and ISO, that will help a lot.

hope this is it
Kodak EasyShare C813 Zoom
Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture f/3.8
Focal Length 11.6 mm
ISO Speed 160
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution 480 dpi
Y-Resolution 480 dpi
Software KODAK EASYSHARE C813 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
YCbCr Positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Landscape
Date and Time (Original) 2010:09:27 05:27:22
Date and Time (Digitized) 2010:09:27 05:27:22
Max Aperture Value 3.8
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Daylight
Color Space sRGB
Exposure Index 160
Sensing Method One-chip color area
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Manual
Digital Zoom Ratio 0
Focal Length In35mm Format 70 mm
Scene Capture Type Landscape
Gain Control Low gain up
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject Distance Range Unknown
Serial Number C813 0F4080718
Compression JPEG (old-style)
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Code Page Unicode UTF-16, little endian
Used Extension Numbers 1
Extension Name Screen Nail
Extension Class ID 30020010-C06F-D011-BD01-00609719A180
Extension Persistence Invalidated By Modification
Extension Create Date 1997:10:29 00:24:21
Extension Modify Date 1997:10:29 00:24:21
Creating Application Picoss
Extension Description Presized image for LCD display
Storage- Stream Pathname
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Screen Nail (Binary data 43553 bytes, use -b option to extract)

[dcclark]

OK... that's a bit much. :P You only needed to list the 3 things I mentioned above.

EXIF is the name for data which your camera stores in each photo, about how and when the photo was taken.

Your shutter speed is 1/15 of a second (that's how long the camera opened its shutter to let in light onto the sensor). As fast as that sounds, that's actually a pretty slow speed. It's long enough that the shaking of your hands will probably make the photo blurry.

Were you zoomed in very far? Being zoomed in also emphasizes hand shake, and combined with a slow shutter speed, it could end up being very bad!