Why does my flash make my pics blurry?

[amandamartin]

I bought an SB flash for my Nikon D90, to use when doing on location and wedding shoots a couple of years ago. I used it on a couple of weddings, but have just kept it sitting for a while, because it seemed to make some shots verrrrrrryyyy blurry. I did use a mounting for it, and it wasn't directly on the camera. Is it causing camera shake? What can I do to avoid this from happening, because I could really stand to use the flash!

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[SCraig]

It is slowing your shutter speed to 1/60 second which is probably causing you to induce some camera shake into the photographs. The flash in and of itself does not induce shake or anything else, it is just a light.

[480sparky]

It's probably not the flash that's causing the blur, it's the ambient light. If you're shooting slower shutter speeds, like 1/30 and lower, I'd say it's the ambient-light portion of the exposure that's blurry.

However, seeing an example, with exif data, would help us tremendously.

[amandamartin]

Well, my thought was the weight of it may have been adding extra weight. I have usually shot in APM, so I guess if I go fully manual and take a little more heed to the shutter, that will solve the problem. Thanks, guys!

[amandamartin]

LOL, I just noticed that I was completely redundant there. I guess that is what happens when you have two kids screaming "mom, can I have," at the same time you're typing. What I meant was that the added weight was fueling the camera shake. I am really not an idiot. I promise! Haha.

[christopher walrath]

Two things can cause camera blurry images. Subject moving too much (need a faster shutter speed). Camera moving too much (faster shutter speed and/or stability). If you were shooting in auto or P mode your camera may have been dropping your shutter speed to low. If the sync speed is at 1/60 and you are shooting with a very long focal length (well, more than 60mm), this could have been a contributing factor as well.

[cgipson1]

Please post examples with exif data....

[amandamartin]

Please post examples with exif data....

I certainly would be happy to post if I still had these images! Like I said, I have just had the flash sitting around for two years, not in use because of the blur issue, so those images are long gone. I only save files for a year.

[Mach0]

I certainly would be happy to post if I still had these images! Like I said, I have just had the flash sitting around for two years, not in use because of the blur issue, so those images are long gone. I only save files for a year.

What flash do you have sitting around ?

[480sparky]

Well, grab your camera, take a shot, and post it!

[o hey tyler]

u r doin' it rong

[Mach0]

Well, grab your camera, take a shot, and post it!

Or just sell the flash...... Lol

[mjhoward]

I get the feeling you shouldn't be shooting weddings.

[Schwettylens]

it makes your picture blurry because you dont know how to use the flash or the camera

[Mach0]

Well if you have an sb800, 900, 28, or 80dx, I'll take it and pay for shipping lol.