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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 313097" data-attributes="member: 16749">Re: Camera is malfunctioning  Not so fast…  1/20 of a second, at ƒ5, with an ISO of 3200.  So this is at a fairly low light level.  With these settings, the camera jacked up the ISO, so that it could take a picture at a reasonable shutter speed.  At the size it appears here, it looks good, but I bet if you zoom in on your copy, you'll see an unusual amount of noise, due to the high ISO setting; think of that as being roughly analogous to the courser grain to be expected of using high-speed film in a stone-aged camera..1.3 seconds, at ƒ5.3, with the ISO at 100.  Not being allowed to jack up the ISO, the camera had no choice but to go with a slow shutter speed.  I'm assuming the same level of light as the previous picture.  You did a good job of holding the camera still, this time.  Conventional wisdom holds that given a “normal” focal length lens, an average photographer can only get a good picture with a handheld camera down to about 1/30 or 1/25 of a second.  Any slower than that, and it is traditionally expected that you need to use a tripod or some other good camera support.  The VR feature seems to really help, here.2.5 seconds, at ƒ9, and ISO 100.  You didn't hold the camera as still this time, which is why it is blurry.  I think it is clear that in all of the above pictures, the problem is that you're shooting in low light, and you don't really know how to work the camera.  In the “A” mode, the camera was able to jack up the ISO as needed, to get the other parameters reasonable.  In the other modes, you had the IO locked at 100, which is just too low for handheld shots at that light level.1/4000 of a second, at ƒ5, ISO 100.  At that setting, in low light, I would expect no visible image; just solid black.  I do not think that there is is anything wrong with your camera.  You just don't know how to use it.  It seems to be working exactly as it ought to, under the conditions in which you are trying to use it.  You just need to learn how to set it for these conditions.</blockquote>

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