Help w/ camera (pic inside)

[Gundo5000]

Hey guys, every time I take pictures the fish are blurry.
I'm thinking it has to do with shutter speed? Very new to digital cameras.
I have a tripod and a SONY DSC-T5 5.1 megapixels and 3x optical zoom.

Anyway, heres a pic to share! You can see my blurry hippo.

Any suggestions?

[Frisco]

yeah it's just the shutter speed - the cam isn't getting enough light so it leaves the shutter open longer to compensate and get a good exposure level. If you can put it in manual mode, try setting the aperture to the widest setting (Ie, the smallest f-number) and a higher ISO. That should increase the amount of light hitting the sensor and increase the gain/amplification on the signal from the sensor, reducing the amount of time that is required for the exposure. What was the exposure time for the pic shown above?

[RevHtree]

You can also try setting your camera to a sports mode. This is not always the best solution, but it can work.

[melev]

If you set your camera to Aperature Priority (A or AP mode, not AUTO), the set the f/stop to f2.8. Set your ISO to 400 and take a few pictures.

The smaller the fstop number, the faster the shutter opens and closes. The higher the ISO, the grainier the image may be. I try to keep it at 400, but occasionally I have to switch up to 800. 1600 is about useless to me, but works if you have to shoot images with moonlights.

[GSMguy]

[Gundo5000]

THanks guys, i'll try taking some more tonight.

It kinda sux because I can only take pics in 1mpixel because I have to compress them down to under 50k.

Is there better methods to use?

[Gundo5000]

I meant 50KB

[melev]

Yes, take them at a higher megapixel, and upload them to Photobucket.com instead. From there you can link them in your posts here. For more information about how to do that, check this out:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=531326

[Gundo5000]

Thanks Marc, I'll check it out.