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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SanAngelo" data-source="post: 3305984" data-attributes="member: 134087">Thanks for all the advice....Chris, I liked your follow-up it offer additional clarity for me.Andrea, you're right 1/100 is too slow especially for me with my hand tremors. I had the wrong understanding for Shutter Priority for that time of the day while sitting in a dark sun-room. I was thinking and trying to bring up the shutter speed but I didn't understand why it wasn't happening. At least I knew; raising the ISO would increase the noise. That's why I kept it at 800 knowingly, bring it up would not help in my quest for a sharper definition. What I was trying to do seems beyond the camera's ability. This is definitely something I am not familiar with, I do not know the camera's full capabilities.Chris, I get the "under exposure with the poor light". As I explained above, I was trying to get more out of Shutter Priority than the camera could give....it seems to me. The shot below was taken this evening about 10 minutes before sunset. I had the camera in Priority AE Mode, ISO to Auto (I forgot to switch it to iISO) F4, 40, Exp 0.0, ISO400, 459mm.You guys don't have to comment again, there will be more opportunities to do so......I'll have other problems to work out down the road.Thanks everyone, I do appreciate the critique.</blockquote>