Image Noise
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- tkmeister
so i just got canon SD600 to replace S50. and i am seeing a lot of noise on pics i've taken. is this what i should expect from an ultra compact cam? my s50 is 3-4yrs old 5meg pix camera and it takes much better pictures, especially at low light setting.
should i return sd600 and just keep my bulky s50?
- joyride0
naw... are you give it a chance to focus? Hold it half way down and let it focus. It will do like 3-4 quick chirps and on the LCD you should see green boxes showing the focus areas. For me, if I don't tell people to let it focus i get crap pics. If you just press it down it will fire. Gotta let it work.
- tkmeister0
hmmm, i did that. probably it has something to do with the sensor size.
joyride, what you have?
- joyride0
I've got a 2yr old cannon s500. Yours should be better. Mine takes really nice pics for point n shoot.
make sure it's on the highest settings otherwise it needs to downgrade for file size. I'm sure it's in the settings.
- ribit0
maybe check the review at http://www.dpreview.com
The reviews for each camera have a section on image quality and noise issues
- tkmeister0
yeah, i checked dpreview and all. canon sd600 is mentioned to create one of lowest noise in the category.
but i think the noise is noticable if i use anything above iso200. maybe i should turn on flash when i take photos of interior? i hate using flash.
- joyride0
one thing too, are you looking at the photos in PS? When I look at a full size image and zoom in, i'm surprised at the grain/noise. but when you print them out, they look perfect. So maybe head to the kodak machine and print 1 out for a test.
- tkmeister0
i am looking at them in my iPhoto and also in PS.
taken in a low light setting. i've taken it with ISO80 and highest resolution. the camera was stablized on the counter. is it me or you see a lot of noise too?
- joyride0
digital cams don't do that great in low light. But I think that shot looks ok. It's got some noise, but nothing crazy.
- duckofrubber0
that shot is definitely low noise
no hot pixels or color shifts in the shadows. looks great for digital point and shoot in low light
- ribit0
its almost the 'black cat at night' test shot that one...
- tkmeister0
i like to test in the extreme condition.
meow.