The other day I received a call from a customer who asked me a question regarding a Kodak C series camera. The question was a legitimate one and also a very common one. His question was this, "Why are his pictures taken in an auditorium or gymnasium turning out blurry when the outdoor pictures are crisp and clear"?
Ever since the camera industry has come out with the point and shoot digital camera, this same question has arisen many times. I personally have never been a fan of the point and shoot camera. The point and shoot digital camera offers very few settings and absolutely no focus adjustment, obviously the camera is to do all the adjustments automatically. Now this is fine for those who are not camera savvy or do not like to make the adjustment settings themselves. All you need to do is just what the camera is called; point at your prospective picture, wait until the camera tells you it is ok to push the shutter button and now you have your perfect picture.
Yes of course you have your different mode setting on these cameras, which can make a big difference in how your pictures do turn out, but there is still very little to no other adjustments you can make yourself.
So is there anything wrong with this? For most people NO, but if you are anything like me there is not much of a challenge in taking a picture this way. I am an SLR man. I still like to change lenses for the different type of close up shots versus distance ones. I like to set the aperture and focus the lens myself. I like to try different flash settings, zoom in or out, and use different filters. Except for the zoom part these are all things that or not possible with a point and shoot camera.
Now back to the original question, the problem this customer is having is called "shutter lag." In other words in those certain light settings the shutter is opening to slow or not far enough to let the proper light in to make for a clear picture. The customer asks me what he can do about that. Well one thing that comes to mind is Kodak itself, I have noticed this with many Kodak point and shoot cameras. Now in all fairness to Kodak I have not tried a lot of other point and shoots to see if they have a similar problem, or if others have a faster shutter speed when taking pictures indoors. I am guessing here but I feel they all would have the similar problem.
He suggested that maybe he should find one that works better indoors and then uses his Kodak for outdoor pictures. My suggestion is this, if you have the money to put into two separate cameras to take both indoor and outdoor pictures, then you are better off investing into one really good SLR and take care of the problem with one camera. The SLR has always been and still will be the camera of choice for me. There is nothing like having full control over your camera, versus the camera controlling you.
My name is Richard Haan, I am the owner of http://www.rmhdigitalcameras.com
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