[tonymidge]

just signed up last week can anyone give me advice on the best settings for my new camera it is a nikon coolpix 8700 when im taking pics most of them turn out blurred

[CT]

Hello Tony and welcome.

I've had a couple of Nikon Coolpix variants and found them excellent - you really shouldn't be having these sort of problems. No offence mate, but it sounds like a really basic lack of understanding, and if you're a newcomer why should you understand it anyway?

There are two possible reasons why your pics aren't sharp....

Innacurate focusing

Too slow a shutter speed to overcome your own movement, (camera shake)or too slow a shutter speed for a moving subject.

Have a read through this thead Tony and see if it helps at all. If not just sing out.

http://www.thephotographyforums.com/...ead.php?t=1588

It's difficult to advise you without being familiar with the camera, but if it has an 'Action' programme mode, that will always bias in favour of a faster shutter speed which should help a lot.