Newbie needs help

[glennk]

Hi There,

I'm a newbie to your site. I just bought a new camera - not an slr but a decent digi cam, the new Panasonic lumix. Ive been using it on the auto mode and its providing me with some decent pics but Im having problem with pictures late in the day when light levels are low.

Anyway these are Some snaps from over the past couple of days. I feel the snaps with better light levels are fine. Ie the gull and the light house but the ones taken of the rough sea at dusk are not very sharp. Is this what the pro's call noise ? Is there any way to make these shots better ? From briefly scouring the net for info I get the feeling that a tripod and a longer shutter speed might be an advantage ? Is that right ? Any tips would be really appreciated. Has anyone got the same camera and could offer some help on the various settings as Im new to photography and really havent a clue

 

[inaneredstripe]

i like em all.well done.excelent .
if i,m being piccy,obviously the last is a liitle murky, and maybe personaly i,d crop about half the sky out of no.3.
but as i said thats just my personal preference. keep up the good work.
the gull is brill.

 

[moomike]

A tripod would definitely go a long way towards getting sharper shots, especially with landscape images. A longer shutter speed will allow more creative effects - eg. will smooth out choppy water, etc.

One big advantage of a camera like yours is that you can really focus (no pun intended ) on getting your composition correct rather than worrying so much about all of your cameras gubbins. Unfortunately though, this ease of use comes with higher noise levels due to sensor sizes & usually shutter lag (which can sometimes result in slightly blurred images unless a tripod is used) Try bringing some fill flash into your images & see what you can come up with

Decent start btw, keep it going

 

[Techno-Geek]

They are really cool, i like them lots

Tony

 

[W.Smith]

Yep, those are nice, genkks.

But like MooMike said, you should use a tripod. You've taken all but one of those photos at long tele. Small wonder you get camera shake. The anti-shake system can alleviate, but it cannot do wonders.

Have fun!