The subject is very blury or out of the picture

Possible that the CCD is a suspect. Try and allow the camera to be switched on for a long time, keep free from moisture or near a lamp to dry.
If not best is to take a referral for consensus without tampering without proper jig, spares and tools.

Try a head cleaning cartridge.

Reset the menus to default or factory settings.
Then test the camera again.
Make sure that the battery is fully charged or new.
You might consider to buy a new battery (Ebay is a good place) for this camera. Then test.
Problems like this can show up when the battery is weak or not fully charged.
You may try to remove the battery for 24 hours and then after try it again.

make sure the megapixel is to full potential. somethimes ive seen them drop to smaller megapixel after a reset.

When operating any digital camera, the camera tries to capture the best focus and exposure for that particular scene. By pressing the shutter button half-way down, the focus and exposure is being set. There will be a green circle on the upper left hand corner of the screen, then your camera is ready to take the picture. Slowly depress the shutter the rest of the way down to take the picture.

If you would like to reduce the blurring, please check the following before taking a picture:

1 Distance
- When the distance between the camera and the subject is too close, the strength of the light can cause the picture to overexposed and be blurred. On the contrary, if the distance is too far, the beam is too weak to shed enough light on the subject. Allow yourself enough space between you and your subject.

2 Shutter
- If you press the shutter before the flash is fully charged,
the flash will not be able to emit enough light and therefore
the image can be blurred.

3 Surrounding Light
- Use the fill-in flash mode to create a balanced shot when
the surrounding light is very bright.

4 Backlight
- Use the backlight control feature when the background
is brighter than the subject.

5 Cleaning
- Clean the lenses with a smooth piece of cloth.

6 ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction)
- Put in ASR mode to prevent any blur

7 Power Reset
- Turn off camera
- Remove batteries for a minute
- Reload batteries
- Turn on camera

Try to do the MASTER RESET.
- Press on MENU button
- Press on the right button until you see SETUP 2
- Scroll down until you see RESET
- Press the right button to pick up on YES or NO
- Press on OK/MENU button for changes to be saved

Turn off camera after the settings
have been changed to refresh the camera.

If it still does not work, try calling the Manufacturer so they could assist you on where to send it in for SVC.

Blur can occur if the shutter speed is too low relative to the degree of movement of your subject(s). While the 'sports' mode favors shutter speed and adjusts the focus for moving subjects, you may still need to increase the ISO (I'm not sure the camera does that automatically), or use flash, if feasible.
Alternatively, try panning the camera with your moving subject. This should blur the background, but keep the subject from blurring.
Finally, keep in mind that in sports photography, blur is sometimes a desired outcome that produces a sense of motion in an otherwise static photo.

Hope that helps.

Hello,

I have a Sanyo VPC-S3 camera old now I know, but my main problem is with focusing, all the pictures come out very blury, you cant easily tell what the subject is.

I have tried all the setting Both Manyal, and full auto, and the focus does not seam to make any differance noi matter what I do.

Please help.

All the best.
mothergoose

You are expecting too much for any auto mode. When shooting under low light conditions, the camera may take longer to achieve focus lock. If the subject is moving too, it will take even longer to lock focus. Try using manual focus for the conditions you described.

When taking a picture, the camera analyzes the brightness and contrast of your subject and displays it on the LCD monitor so that you can evaluate and adjust the exposure properly.