tiger4366 Posted January 22, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi, I have a D-Lux 2 and am certainly an amateur photographer. I'm finding that unless my subjects are completely still, that the people are blurring. I'm assuming its due to shutter speed. I do have the image stablizer on, have tried both setting 1 and 2 on that. Does anyone know what the difference is on those? Any suggestions to get better stop action photos, indoors, with average light, would be most grateful. I feel like I have this great camera, but I'm unhappy with capturing moving subjects. I usually leave it set on full automatic. I've even tried the Sports setting under scenes menus, but that's not satisfactory either most times. As far as manually setting shutter and aperature, I'm a bit nervous on that since I'm such a novice and don't know the trade-offs of either. Thanks for any suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Hi tiger4366, Take a look here D-Lux 2 Question on image blurring. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stunsworth Posted January 22, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 22, 2009 Welcome to the forum. The two stabilisation settling relate to whether the stabilisation is switched on all the time, or just when you press the shutter. From memory - and I could be wrong - type 2 is the one that only stabilises the image when you press the shutter. Stabilisation won't help if you photograph a moving subject at a slow shutter speed. Do you have any examples you'd be prepared to post here? If not what sort of shutter speed is the camera selecting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 22, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 22, 2009 Robert – Welcome to the Forum. Steve is correct that position 2 just activates when you press the shutter. That is the better setting to use. If you use setting one, with the stabilizer on at all times, there is a chance that just as you press the shutter button the stabilizer will be all the way to one end or the other of its travel and not be as effective in controlling the image since it can only react in one direction. If you’ve ever done rifle or pistol target shooting you should use the same steadying techniques with your camera as you do with firearms: Stand still, feet shoulder width apart, knees not locked, take a breath in, let half out, squeeze the shutter button. While you’re at it use both hands on the camera, and make certain that you have opposing force to the shutter button – By this I mean have your right thumb under the camera to counter the downward force of pressing the shutter down with your right index finger. Once you get all this down you should be able to hand hold to fairly show shutter speeds. Steve (who happens to be an excellent photographer) suggested that you post some examples of your blurred photos here. Good advice. Seeing them might point to the solution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger4366 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted January 22, 2009 Thank you both Stuart and Steve. I will post some examples. It's usually one subject of several who have moved. To Steve's question, since the camera is on automatic mode, I'm not sure what the shutter speed is, nor do I know if I can adjust in that mode. Let me see about some examples to post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger4366 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted January 22, 2009 [ATTACH]123707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]123708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]123709[/ATTACH] Here are some recent examples. As you can see, the entire image isn't blurry, I have image stabilization #2 on. Only the subject, who has moved, it blurry. Robert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 22, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 22, 2009 Robert - It appears as though the problem is a slow enough shutter speed that your subject movement causes the blur. I suspect that making adjustments to ISO, aperture and shutter speed will help things along, but I've never touched the D-Lux-2 so I cannot advise. Hopefully others here can do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted January 23, 2009 Share #7 Posted January 23, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) As I recall, "Auto" locks you in to ISO 100 on the D-Lux 2. I would suggest using "Program" mode instead; then choose AUTO ISO. If you need one, you can download an instruction manual from Leica Camera AG - Downloads. The D-Lux 2's "Auto" mode is a sort of 'pull-it-out-of-the-box-and-shoot-till-you-start-running-into-problems' setting. "Program" handles all the picture-taking aspects just as "Auto" does, but allows full control of basic parameters. I fought with a D-Lux 2 for over a year before I realized that the Image Stabilization wasn't working and got it fixed, but I don't think that's your problem. As the others said, I think you probably need first to try a higher ISO. It's a fantastic camera, just as you said. Glad you asked rather than getting frustrated! Check it out and keep us posted! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger4366 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks again to all responders. I will try the suggestions of using the P setting and using AUTO ISO. For education sake, what do the different settings of ISO do, if you don't mind? Also, found that my Auto Focus switch was set to Macro AF, rather than regular AF. Not sure if this could have caused some of the problem, but had rectifed that too. ---Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted January 26, 2009 Share #9 Posted January 26, 2009 ... Also, found that my Auto Focus switch was set to Macro AF, rather than regular AF. Not sure if this could have caused some of the problem, but had rectifed that too. Bob-- "Macro AF" slows down AF operation because it asks the camera to search for best focus over a wider range. That can mean that the camera hasn't locked focus by the time it fires, and could have contributed here. At any rate, you're doing right to leave it turned off when you're not specifically doing close-up photography. ... For education sake, what do the different settings of ISO do, if you don't mind? ... Since you're asking about the D-Lux 2, you're probably asking "What's ISO?"--It's a measure of light responsiveness. A lower ISO (e.g. 100) is fine for general shooting. But indoors or in shade, where there's less light, the shutter speed drops to levels such that camera shake or subject movement becomes a problem. In that case, doubling the ISO makes the camera twice as light-sensitive. That is, if ISO 100 gives you 1/8 sec in a certain situation, ISO 200 will give you 1/15 sec and ISO 400 will give you 1/30 sec in the same situation. The trade-off is that the higher ISOs bring reduced image quality since you're not really changing the sensor sensitivity, but just "turning it up," and making the noise as well as the signal more visible. The advantage of "Auto ISO" is that in any lighting situation, the camera will choose the lowest sensitivity setting that its electronics tell it will give you good hand-holdability. (The D-Lux 4 has added all sorts of complications to that. I find it a great improvement for a lot of reasons, but the various settings are much harder to explain. ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger4366 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted January 27, 2009 Howard, thanks again. I appreciate the information and advice. ---Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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