I have a Nikon Coolpix S4200 and I am having trouble with the pictures being blurry and grainy - especially on cloudy days. Most of my pictures have been taken using landscape mode and are outside in

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This camera was in the time when the ccd had problems.
http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/coolpix.html
Call Nikon concerning your camera. You can send it to them, they will estimate it, and may repair it for free if it is the ccd problem.

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jbenjack,
The D80 has a lot more settings to deal with and depending on the lens the depth of field may explain the blurry background (that is desired effect on a portrait) The view finder on the D80 is for composing the shot and has read outs for the settings. The LCD on the back is for playback and the menus, it doesn't work like a live view of what's being taken (on some newer and more expensive DSLRs it does preview on the big LCD) on smaller point & Shoot cameras that don't have a viewfinder they use the LCD as the viewfinder, does that make sense? If she has the manual you may want to faniliarize yourself with some of the features, start out on one at a time for the different modes so they make more sense, you can really appriciate the camera after that and respect what pro photographers do. The D80 is not a cheap camera and I personally know a couple of professionals that use it among their cameras. (lots of different lenses that cost many time more than the camera body) Have fun with it, and if you get into it you will find you can take some fantastic photos with it. Can you tell that I like that camera?
randy320sgi

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There are many settings which may have been accidentally changed. I suggest that the easiest way for you to go back the factory settings would be to use the "reset" facility on the menu options. This will reset the camera to the way it was when it came from the factory. Following this, you may need to reset the date and time. Alternatively, you can leave the batteries out of the camera for a few days, and this will cause it to lose any settings, forcing a factory reset.

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Did you see if it is in manual focus mode? Try to switch to auto in the menu, or do a complete reset in the menu. Who knows what the last person was doing when you last used it, hehe

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The main difference between the two shooting conditions is the amount of light you have to work with. For the indoor action shots, set the ISO setting to the highest available through the menu (1600 ISO) to maximize the ability of the camera to work with the diminished light. The other (but more expensive) way to achieve better indoor shots is with the use of a "faster" lens, ie one with a lower maximum f stop number (f2.8 is faster than f3.5, for instance). Also ensure you are shooting with your lens at its widest f stop setting (lowest number).