I was taking indoor pictures last evening (incandescent light). Set the dial to Autopict mode. For some reason, the camera automatically selected the ''night scene portrait'' mode, which resulted in slow shutter speed even if the flash was used (speed as slow as 1/4 sec to 1/8 sec range). The slow shutter speed resulted in blurred images. The ISO was set to auto range (200-6400). The indoor lighting was not that dark (normal house living room lighting) so I wonder why the camera select such slow shutter speed. I enabled antishake and it helps a bit. I think 1/4 to 1/8sec range is way too slow if a flash is used.
Is there a way to tell the camera what scene mode it should select when shooting fully auto?
What is your suggesting in my case to avoid slow shutter speed?
Should I set to M and select the aperture and speed myself?
I am thinking a minimum shutter of 1/60sec with the built-in flash and stock zoom lens would be appropriate to prevent blurr. Personnaly I like using 1/180sec when a flash is used, the image is sharper with shorter exposure time.
Last edited by manteiv; 01-08-2010 at 07:15 AM.