How many mega pixels?

[thrillgeek]

How many mega pixels do your camera's have where you can take such high quality on ride pics? Mine's an 8 mega pixel and it still gets pretty blury. Any help would be cool. Thanks!

[SharkTums]

For our onride stuff we have a 5.1 and 6.1 megapixel cameras. It takes practice to not take blurry pix.

[benzo41190]

Mega Pixels don't mean much when taking clear photos.

 

I don't know much about cameras but I think it is your shutter speed. If your pictures are blurry, your shutter speed is to slow. I have a 1 Mega Pixel camera and that's all I need to get nice photos.

For a clear picture, I have to have my flash on all the time. That way the shutter is very fast.

But it all depends on your camera.

[TheBannedKid]

Its multiple things. I's suggest taking a course in photography or reading tips online or in a book. Practice definitely helps.

 

Shutter speed does affect blurriness, but it is not directly related to how blurry a picture is. I set my shutter speed all the way up to 15", which keeps it open for a good 10-20 seconds, yet my pictures aren't blurry...but at taht setting you have to keep the camera very still, and the shot has to have no moving objects. It all depends on the situation and all the settings.

 

I have a 6.1 MP camera as well.

[thrillgeek]

wow thanks for the help. I'll take the photography class offered at my school next year.

[mark.w]

It depends mostly on light and how still is the camera while the picture is taken but sometimes even a 2 MPx mobile phone can take nice pictures.

 

[Homer]

wow thanks for the help. I'll take the photography class offered at my school next year.

FYI, technically, photo class isn't always digital. I bet the first class of photo would be basic 35mm technique, development, and an overall introduction.

 

Anyways, as stated, a number of reasons. Also, does your camera have an optical zoom? Digital zooms on cameras tends to make the picture look a little pixelated.

[phazan]

Its multiple things. I's suggest taking a course in photography or reading tips online or in a book. Practice definitely helps.

 

Shutter speed does affect blurriness, but it is not directly related to how blurry a picture is. I set my shutter speed all the way up to 15", which keeps it open for a good 10-20 seconds, yet my pictures aren't blurry...but at taht setting you have to keep the camera very still, and the shot has to have no moving objects. It all depends on the situation and all the settings.

 

I have a 6.1 MP camera as well.

 

Sorry, but you are completely wrong. The only ways a photo can be blurry is if it is out of focus, or if your shutter speed is too slow. A 15'' shutter speed means 15 seconds. And also, if you keep your shutter open for 15 seconds, what are you taking a picture of?!? With that speed, it has to be night time if you are taking a picture of a coaster....also, you will need a tripod or something that will keep your camera perfectly still. Unless you know semi what you are doing, I don't know how you would get it to turn out.

 

 

You can have an awesome 3 mp camera, and have a 10 mp camera that takes crappy pictures. Too many people only look at MPs, and ignore everything else when they are buying a camera. More mega pixels does NOT mean it is a better camera. More MPs help if you want to crop your pictures, but really anything passed 3 MPs at a normal sized picture you won't even be able to notice a difference. A lot of cameras are being made now with 10 MP's for like $200 or something. If it cost $200, and is THAT strong in one area of picture quality, it has to be one crappy camera.

[BarryH]

The amount of megapixels in a camera makes it easier when you blow up the photos. A 1 megapixel photo may be good for putting on websites, but if you blow it up to a 8x10, then you'll get pixelization. I have a Sony DSCP93 camera that is 5 megapixels and my picture qualities are always good. I've seen the Sony DSCW55 priced around $200 and it has about 7 megapixels.

 

As people have mentioned previously, the most expensive camera or the highest end camera won't make you a better photographer. The person behind the camera makes you a good photographer. Even if you have a 10 MP camera, if you put your finger in front of the lens or take out of focus pictures, they're crap regardless of what camera you use. People won't think, "Hey, this is the best picture because it was taken with a $500 camera," but "What a terrible photo!"

 

If you do buy a camera, take lots of practice photos to get used to the camera. Take stuff around the house, in the neighborhood, etc. and don't be afraid to try out the camera features.

[phazan]

I heard a joke once that goes like this...

 

A man walks into a resteraunt, and starts talking to the waitor, because it is a slow day for the resteraunt. The waitor starts asking what hobby's the man is into. He says he is a photographer and he shows the waitor some of his pictures. The waitor says "Wow! Those are really nice! You must have a reallllly expensive camera."

After the man is done eating, on his way out of the resteraunt, he says to the waitor "Tell the cook that I really liked the food. He must have verrrry expensive pots and pans!"

[Corkscrewed]

Its multiple things. I's suggest taking a course in photography or reading tips online or in a book. Practice definitely helps.

 

Shutter speed does affect blurriness, but it is not directly related to how blurry a picture is. I set my shutter speed all the way up to 15", which keeps it open for a good 10-20 seconds, yet my pictures aren't blurry...but at taht setting you have to keep the camera very still, and the shot has to have no moving objects. It all depends on the situation and all the settings.

 

I have a 6.1 MP camera as well.

 

There is no way you're doing that without a tripod.

 

Basically, blur related to a long exposure is because (and this is typically assuming you're taking the picture free handed) you're slightly moving the camera as it takes its photo. Even if it's just a slight sway back and forth a fraction of an inch, it can still blur the photo.

 

I can take relatively consistently "clear" photos with up to a 1/4 second exposure, which I'm told is actually pretty good. But one full second is pretty much impossible, let alone 15.

 

(Unless, of course, you're just assuming the use of a tripod.)