HELP! S330 noise

Mark Ferring · May 18, 2002

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7 days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Thanks in advance for your help. This forum is amazing!

Olga Johnson · May 18, 2002

Mark Ferring said:
Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK in the LCD.

Mark Ferring · May 18, 2002

Thanks Olga. That is about what I experience. Any other S330 owners want to comment?

OlgaJ said:
Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

Raist3d · May 18, 2002

Mark Ferring said:
Thanks Olga. That is about what I experience. Any other S330 owners
want to comment?

The same goes for the S200. It's the same. It's normal. The picture is what counts

Raist

PS: If you have bright sunlight the lcd will show "vertical streaks" in the preview mode. Again, this is normal. Canon mentions this in the manual somewhere too.

Mark Ferring said:
OlgaJ said:

Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

Click to expand...

graph (g3) · May 18, 2002

get 128mb or 64mb to make her reallly really happy =)

OlgaJ said:
Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

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Mark Ferring · May 19, 2002

Luckily, I got the new B&H Photo deal that comes packaged with a Sandisk 128 Ultra card. Its quick!

I didn't get an extra battery though. There may be some regrets there!

graph110 said:
OlgaJ said:

Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

Click to expand...

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http://kaizenbiz.com/jush/pub/s330tests
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nhf7170 · May 19, 2002

The noise on the lcd is normal. I noticed this with my A40 in comparison to my S300. In lower light situations, the lcd shows boosts the signal from the sensor to give a brighter display. This is an advantage since it allows you to better gauge the exposure.

Mark Ferring said:
Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Thanks in advance for your help. This forum is amazing!

graph (g3) · May 19, 2002

how do you know sandisk ultra is quick? i was debating before if i should get ultra or viking. i bought the viking..its 1/3 faster than the regular sandisks.. but cant compare with the ultra. oh well..i got it for $55.

Mark Ferring said:
I didn't get an extra battery though. There may be some regrets there!

graph110 said:

OlgaJ said:

Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

Click to expand...

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Canon s330, Canon s110, Olympus 340R owner
http://kaizenbiz.com/jush/pub/s330tests
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Canon s330, Canon s110, Olympus 340R owner
http://kaizenbiz.com/jush/pub/s330tests

DN90788 · May 19, 2002

Hi Mark,

I just bought S330 last friday and I can confirm that the LCD look grainny
indoor but once you are outdoor which have sufficient light, the LCD look good.

When I read in the manual, it said that in the upper indicator, green when it is ready to shot, but I do not get green, I only get orange.

How come I have seen someone said that once it is green, mean its ready to shot. Can some one calrify on this?

nhf7170 said:
Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Thanks in advance for your help. This forum is amazing!

Click to expand...

Mark Ferring · May 20, 2002

Well, nothing scientific with this. It seems nice and quick relative to my Canon G2. Comparable or perhaps a little faster (I have a Ridata 256 for my G2). Probably because file size is so much smaller. Less than 1M vs almost 3 for my RAW files.

graph110 said:
Mark Ferring said:

I didn't get an extra battery though. There may be some regrets there!

graph110 said:

OlgaJ said:

Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Click to expand...

Yes, the LCD is grainy in certain situations, more so in
incandescent lighting. If you take a shot though, it should look OK
in the LCD.

Click to expand...

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Canon s330, Canon s110, Olympus 340R owner
http://kaizenbiz.com/jush/pub/s330tests
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Mark Ferring · May 20, 2002

Thanks for all the replies. I think my camera is OK.

For DN. Green on the focus square means it is in focus. Yellow means it is not. Sometimes if you are too close and not in macro mode, or if you are attempting to focus on a subject without varying contrast (all one color for instance), these cameras seem to have difficulty locking on a focus. Try ensuring that the focus square is partially on different texture/color surfaces and it seems to work well for me. ALso, in full auto mode, the S330 has some sort of artificial intelligence program to find focus. I don't really know how this works in all situations as I have only played with the camera for a few minutes as it is a gift.

DN said:
I just bought S330 last friday and I can confirm that the LCD look
grainny
indoor but once you are outdoor which have sufficient light, the
LCD look good.

When I read in the manual, it said that in the upper indicator,
green when it is ready to shot, but I do not get green, I only get
orange.
How come I have seen someone said that once it is green, mean its
ready to shot. Can some one calrify on this?

nhf7170 said:

Mark Ferring said:

Help, I just got a S330 for my mother in laws 50th wedding
anniversary from B&H Photo. And you all know that means I have 7
days to return if defective. And you all know if I don't make my
mother in law happy, I am in big trouble!!

So, I note that at lower light levels (indoor at night with regular
lamp lighting) that the LCD shows a fairly high degree of
noise....kind of like static on TVs when we used to get channels
over the air waves. I don't see anything like this on my Canon G2.

Can any of you other S330 users confirm to me that this is normal
and that I should not be worried that I have a bad example?

Thanks in advance for your help. This forum is amazing!

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Olga Johnson · May 20, 2002

DN said:
Hi Mark,

I just bought S330 last friday and I can confirm that the LCD look
grainny
indoor but once you are outdoor which have sufficient light, the
LCD look good.

When I read in the manual, it said that in the upper indicator,
green when it is ready to shot, but I do not get green, I only get
orange.
How come I have seen someone said that once it is green, mean its
ready to shot. Can some one calrify on this?

Orange means the flash will be used. Check out page 34 of the manual.

DN90788 · May 21, 2002

OlgaJ said:
DN said:

Hi Mark,

I just bought S330 last friday and I can confirm that the LCD look
grainny
indoor but once you are outdoor which have sufficient light, the
LCD look good.

When I read in the manual, it said that in the upper indicator,
green when it is ready to shot, but I do not get green, I only get
orange.
How come I have seen someone said that once it is green, mean its
ready to shot. Can some one calrify on this?

Click to expand...

Orange means the flash will be used. Check out page 34 of the manual.

Thanks Mark and OlgaJ for the respond.

But I still cant get the green in upper indicator even when I did not use flash. Or I misunderstood that there is not green light in upper indicator?

Olga Johnson · May 21, 2002

DN said:
Thanks Mark and OlgaJ for the respond.
But I still cant get the green in upper indicator even when I did
not use flash. Or I misunderstood that there is not green light in
upper indicator?

With my S330, the green light comes on when the camera has enough light to take a flash-less photo and I have not set it to a forced flash setting. The manual says you hear 2-beeps when focus is locked. I've never heard two beeps with my camera.

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