Nikon 3100 with kit lens takes nice pictures but blurry videos. Don't know what to do?

Nikon 3100 with kit lens takes nice pictures but blurry videos. Don't know what to do? - 1

You know how some people gush about how great manual focus is in video?
Well, what are you discovering?

Your cameras is basically a still camera, just like all other digital SLR cameras.

It, like others, have a video "feature".

In order to be able to use a digital SLR camera as a video camera, you need more accessories.

For clarity, blur is caused by trying to handhold a camera when the shutter speed is not fast enough to prevent camera movement during the exposure. What you are calling "blur" is probably an out of focus video.

As with motion picture cameras, you need to manually focus digital SLR cameras when shooting video.

Here is a link that will show you want you need to add to your camera to make it a viable video camera.

There's NOTHING wrong with your camera, just your expectations.

You need to focus like you do in Live View. See page 45 of your manual for more details.

Post a video. Impossible to give you an answer unless we can see the problem.

Try mounting the camera to a tripod when shooting videos.