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Maybe I have a setting wrong? But most of my photos, especially indoors come out grainy if not grainy and dark.... Im hoping I have a setting "off" or something that can be easily fixed. The camera has done this from day one....



other then resizing I did nothing to this picture...

Here is where I put all of them up (like 6). I see some are focused on the tree LOL but the ones focused on us we're still grainy... I've never had a problem with my old olypus and Im hoping it's just a setting.

http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom/testing

Any thoughts?
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Rachel in Alaska
http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom
Sony 717
 
I have the same problem with my S70... it does this always indoors under standard 55w bulbs... but it even does the same thing outdoors in good strong light?

I was looking to upgrade to an S85 maybe... but I duno if its just a product of the camera
Rachel S said:
Maybe I have a setting wrong? But most of my photos, especially
indoors come out grainy if not grainy and dark.... Im hoping I have
a setting "off" or something that can be easily fixed. The camera
has done this from day one....



other then resizing I did
nothing to this picture...

Here is where I put all of them up (like 6). I see some are focused
on the tree LOL but the ones focused on us we're still grainy...
I've never had a problem with my old olypus and Im hoping it's just
a setting.

http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom/testing

Any thoughts?
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Rachel in Alaska
http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom
Sony 717
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Rachel,

Your camera was set on ISO 400, in the shot's I looked at. I find it best to leave it set to 100, except when I really need more light. I'd recommend NEVER using Auto ISO, or the full Auto setting (green camera icon). Try it with the ISO set to 100. I'm betting you'll get much less noise.

Steve
Rachel S said:
Maybe I have a setting wrong? But most of my photos, especially
indoors come out grainy if not grainy and dark.... Im hoping I have
a setting "off" or something that can be easily fixed. The camera
has done this from day one....



other then resizing I did
nothing to this picture...

Here is where I put all of them up (like 6). I see some are focused
on the tree LOL but the ones focused on us we're still grainy...
I've never had a problem with my old olypus and Im hoping it's just
a setting.

http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom/testing

Any thoughts?
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Rachel in Alaska
http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom
Sony 717
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iso100 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time
Make Sony
Model Cybershot
Flash Used Yes
Focal Length
Exposure Time
Aperture
ISO Equivalent 100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality normal (2)
Exposure Program program (2)
Focus Distance 5.906 m
Shay Stephens said:
The ISO is set to 400 acording to the EXIF info, that is the number
one cause of the noise. Try using ISO 100 and you should see the
image clear up.
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Rachel in Alaska
http://www.pbase.com/alasknmom
Sony 717
 
I see both 400 and 100 iso depending on the photo...

And if it is both I didnt change anything... How do I change the settings so it doesnt switch all over the place?

I really appreciate you help....
Steve Cavigliano said:
Rachel,
Your camera was set on ISO 400, in the shot's I looked at. I find
it best to leave it set to 100, except when I really need more
light. I'd recommend NEVER using Auto ISO, or the full Auto
setting (green camera icon). Try it with the ISO set to 100. I'm
betting you'll get much less noise.
Click to expand...
 
Rachel S said:
Maybe I have a setting wrong? But most of my photos, especially
indoors come out grainy if not grainy and dark.... Im hoping I have
a setting "off" or something that can be easily fixed. The camera
has done this from day one....
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Hi Rachel,

I have the same problem with my new F717. I find that there's a lot of noise at longer shutter speeds. I find that the noise starts at 1/30th sec and longer.

cheers,

senhwei

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Rachel S said:
I see both 400 and 100 iso depending on the photo...
And if it is both I didnt change anything... How do I change
the settings so it doesnt switch all over the place?

I really appreciate you help....
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In P, A, S, or M exposure modes, look for the ISO settings, and move the yellow bar to 100.



good luck,
Don.
 
Hi Rachel,

I looked at your photos and I found that the ones shot at IS0-100 did not look nearly as grainy as the ones at ISO-400.

I have the same problem with my S75. In fact, it's a good thing I read your thread today, because I am going to shoot my kid's Christmas play and I was worried about noise in the pics, so now I'll make sure I set the cam to 100 and I will also make sure my shutter speed is faster than 1/30th.

Thanks for posting such a useful thread :-)
Rachel S said:
I really appreciate you help....
Steve Cavigliano said:
Rachel,
Your camera was set on ISO 400, in the shot's I looked at. I find
it best to leave it set to 100, except when I really need more
light. I'd recommend NEVER using Auto ISO, or the full Auto
setting (green camera icon). Try it with the ISO set to 100. I'm
betting you'll get much less noise.
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LisaFX
http://www.pbase.com/lisafx
Canon S20, Sony S75, F707
 
i really need to just play and havent had a chance to.

I guess I compare it to my old Olympus which I never had a grainy photo but Im thinking it's the shutter speed I need to some how fix. The old camera was totally NOT manual :) and this one of course has a lot of manual settings.

Dan I checked, I had the bar at 100iso but Im not sure what setting my sister had the camera on, maybe it was a auto and the camera changed the settings :)

Where do I change the setting for the shutter speed? What do I want to try and set it at? :)

Lisa good luck with your child's play and the photos... I look forward to seeing them.

Thanks to Shay, Steve, Jian, Raven and everyone who commented...I wish you guys lived closer and could give me a real lesson or 2. LOL

Rachel who hopes to get more photos in... and fix the problem...
Sen Hwei Chan said:
Christopher Chan said:
Hi Rachel,

I have the same problem with my new F717. I find that there's a lot
of noise at longer shutter speeds. I find that the noise starts at
1/30th sec and longer.
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I forgot to mention that all my photos are taken at ISO100.
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