Nikkon camera help!!!!

Monofletch

Monofletch

Gold Member
Joined
Jan 14, 2010
Messages
9,934
I bought my wife a new Nikkon Coolpix 6300. She hates it! The pix are never perfect and the time between pics is an easy 5-7 seconds. What are we doing wrong?
 
Check to see if you are shooting on full auto. Doing so will automatically change your iso, aperature, shutter speed, color settings, flash, and everytihng else to what the camera thinks it needs, which is rareley perfect.
Set the camera on program, set your iso to suit your conditions, and change the focal point to center. Night and day difference. If you need help understanding what and how to do this, contact me and I'd be happy to help.
 
You could be doing soooo much wrong...or nothing at all...welcome to the digital age.
First go through your settings to see where they are at. There are options like auto flash, picture review and the like that will slow down shots between each other. You have a good camera it has a decent 10x zoom and a good CMOS sensor. Full 1080p HD video. And the biggest thing...you can take 6 pics a second with that camera.
Also the memory card that you use in your camera effects it slightly. That is the class system on the card most not labeled I have found are class 4 a class 8 or 10 would be better.
A trick many people don't utilize is always holding your shutter button (the one that takes the pics) half way. On your camera it should have a slight beep. It will then auto focus constantly. This will drain your battery a little more then normal but 8 times out of 10 you will get a clearer shot.
A lot with a new camera is practice with it...and getting use to it. Make sure your not in a specific scene mode; auto is easier though it could slow you down the time between pics.
 
Thank you. I will see where the settings are. We shot tonight at a basketball game on different setting and were not happy. Auto is what I liked, but still slow.
 
You might want to check on what class of memory card you have. I don't pretend to understand it fully but when I bought my Nikon D5100 earlier this year the salesman suggested getting Class 10 memory card as it would be faster in the camera than a lower class like Class 4. I don't know if this relevent to you but you might want to check it out.
Good luck.
 
ArchAngel said:
You might want to check on what class of memory card you have. I don't pretend to understand it fully but when I bought my Nikon D5100 earlier this year the salesman suggested getting Class 10 memory card as it would be faster in the camera than a lower class like Class 4. I don't know if this relevent to you but you might want to check it out.
Good luck.
Click to expand...

This is a good point. If you have an older Memory card, you may not have the write speed able to keep up with the camera. Other advice given here is sounds as well.
 
Reiterating what many people have said....
1) Get a high speed memory card (Class 8 or 10)....This can make a very noticeable difference.
2) Hold the shutter button down half way to let it autofocus first and then snap picture!
 
The card that came with the camera is a 8gbSD HC (high speed) with a 4. I just put a 2gb PNY Premium (no number). I'll see what happens. I did have the image review on.
 
I also didn't have the SD cards formated to the camera--would that make a big difference??
 
Yea! also you may have to go into the setting to shoot 6images per sec. As that is a lot of work for the camera. That being said its best to change the setting to manual and adjust to every pic, so that each comes out the best it can.
 
I am trying to figure out how to get it to take the 6 per sec, but can't seem to get it.
 
For regular picture taking I don't think the SD card class will make much difference. You'll notice the difference when shooting video (prevent jitter), especially HD, and when transferring the images and videos (faster transfer rate) to your pc. That said, I've been using mostly Class 10 for the last few years and most of my lower class (which are smaller capacity 2 and 4 Gb cards) are used by my wife in her older Canon Elph occasionally.
For continuous shooting look for the icon that looks like several rectangles on top of one another in a staggered layout. When you press that you should see the option to select how may frames per second you want. Some cameras give you multiple frame rate options with the higher ones being at lower resolution.
Regarding the slow shutter lag, turning off the red-eye pre-flashes reduces lag considerably. As others mentioned, try shooting in P (Programmable) mode until you learn when and where to use the Av (Aperture Priority Mode) and Sv (Shutter Priority Mode) (On Canons it's Tv instead of Sv).
In a nutshell, I use Tv mostly for dynamic shots with moving subjects so you can keep the subject sharp and focused but have the background blurred (eg a moving vehicle). I use the Av mode more for static subjects (subject is stationery) so I can adjust the depth of field to my liking. Shallower depth of field (DOF) gives you the nice blurred background (bokeh).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top