canon powershot s500

[becker284u]

Does anyone have problems with this camera taking blurry pictures? if i move just a little my picture is blurry or if my target moves its blurry...how do i fix this??

[JTL]

Does anyone have problems with this camera taking blurry pictures? if i move just a little my picture is blurry or if my target moves its blurry...how do i fix this??Try shooting at a higher ISO setting and see what happens...

[csuncsi]

I purchased the canon powershot s500 digital elph last March. I kept getting blurry pictures so I called Canon technical support. They went through the whole procedure to make sure my camera was all set up. Well I followed their directions but everything was the way it should have been. So they said I should send it in because there was obviously a problem with it. Then I sent it in and had to pay for the shipping there. They sent it back and said they had switched out some optical thing. Well I just finally went to get my pictures developed and they all have the same problem. They never fixed the problem. Mind you this was the approximately 9 months of my son's life before the age of 2. I called tech support and ended up having to wait more than 24 hours for a call back from a supervisor. She said they would send me pre paid envelope to check out the camera. Well I was greatful and had to tell her that during babysitting in late August a little boy had dropped my camera so there was damage to the outside part of the camera, but it did not effect the quality of the pictures because they were the same as prior to the day it was dropped. She said that they would probably not cover it due to the fact that it might have been caused by the dropped camera. I told I have proof of when it happened and that the pictures prior to that date are coming in blurry just like it was before I sent it in the first time. I started to cry that my son's 9 months are all ruined and she was practically laughing when I got off the phone. The camera is worse than a disposable camera. Don't waste your time or money on this piece of junk. I recommend Olympus. My Olympus prior to this was only 3 megapixels and was better quality than this piece of junk. I am planning on contacting the Better Business Bureau regarding this matter. Please don't waste your time on this, like I have to! I hope this helps people make better choices! Good luck! I wish someone could have forecasted this for me!:mad: You are better off going to the dollar store and getting a disposable camera. If you saw the pictures I got from it, you would totally understand!

[@dam]

Set your camera on a tripod or stable surface (e.g. counter) and take a picture with the self timer. If it is still blurry, your camera is messed up. If it is clear, the pictures are blurry due to operator error. Try researching techniques to hold the camera more steady (e.g., optical viewfinder, holding techniques, etc.)