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I love my Leica D-Lux but last night I was shooting in auto in a restaurant with bright lights in the ceiling. Many of the pictures came out blurry with some of the lights actually transposed on top of people's heads. In some photos I got a message that said something like "low noise reduction" or something like that. Does anyone know what caused this and how to fix it? 

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Pamela -

 

You were using your new V-Lux type 114.  Your aperture was wide open (f/2.8), and shot at the widest end of the zoom, range (25mm), which is the setting as soon as you turn on the camera and do not intentionally zoom in.  Even though you used flash (with automatic red eye reduction turned on), because the ISO (the sensitivity setting of the camera's sensor) was quite low (#125), and you were probably in "program" mode, all causing the shutter speed to be quite slow -- a full second.  The result of all that is the people are sharp because of the short duration of the flash, but the relatively pinpoint lights in the background form little bright letter esses.  This is due to the long exposure time, documenting the camera movement as you pressed and released the shutter button.

 

Download the manual for your camera (http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Compact-Cameras/Leica-V-Lux-Typ-114/Downloads).  It's quite large and it will be tedious going through it, but go through at least those sections which apply to you.  For example, if you do not plan to ever use video or in-camera processing, skip those areas.

 

And ask us specific questions--your forum colleagues will no doubt give you answers.

 

And, welcome to the Forum.

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