S75

[GLP]

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade. --GLP

 

[LMC54]

I think its more camera than you need. Go get a point and shoot type.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[GLP]

Hey Mister: Your posting is uncalled for. What makes you think that you can pass judgement. I know my digital cameras and the S75 is lousy. If you want more, send me an email. Gary

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[LMC54]

Huh? I'm just giving good advice

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[GLP]

Huh? What kind of credentials do you have for giving advise. Buzz off wise guy.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[LMC54]

Lol GLP you come here to gripe or get advice?

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[GLP]

Now tell me, what kind of advise did you give? I have just as much right to air my feelings on this forum as you, you don't own it. It doesn't matter what subject a person gets involved in, there's always some know-it-all like you, standing by to make snide remarks. I would appreciate it very much if you would not post anything else nor ever respond to one of my posts on this board. Geht Mehl Ihren Nusse. GLP

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[LMC54]

I'm sorry If i offend you... but your the only one that seems to have big problems. I wish I could see your camera settings and all. How about posting a sample that would be great. I'm here to help not to make enemys. A thousand pardons if I offended.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[TurboTed]

GLP,

First of all, chill out. It is sometimes difficult to determine exactly what someone is trying to convey in a forum such as this. For example, I thought Jeffb's answer to use forced flash was way off the target but I was obviously wrong as you replied that the forced flash worked very good.

Sometimes you need help us help you by posting samples. To me what you describe here seems that the camera's auto exposure is merely over exposing the bright grass. If this is the case, you could either try spot metering, EV compensation, or LandScape Scene mode to see if there is an improvement. I haven't seen any examples of what the FD90 can do. I would appreciate it if you could post some comparison samples where the FD90's exposure exceeded the S75's.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[GLP]

OK, let's start out fresh. Saw your pix of the cat and it looked very good. My S75 does the same thing with a darker subject but I think I outlined my problems with the high saturation stuff. I took some pix tonight at dusk and they turned out beautiful. TurboTed posted below and I think he's right. Tomorrow, I'll put up some examples of the close in pix of flowers and this high light thing with both cameras. I had one helluva time with the FD90 early on and found that Sony put extreme compression in the Mavica in order to utilize the floppy disc feature. I've been able to overcome that and am now trying to move on. I'll get some stuff posted bis morgen. Thanks to both of you guys... Gary

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[LMC54]

Thanks GLP we will be good friends and work this out together. I know you'll love your camera as much as I and look forward to helping.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[LMC54]

One question do you own Photoshop 6?

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[KCTrio]

I think your respones to LMC54 was uncalled for. He certainly didn't try to elicit more informaton from you, but this kind of complaint is definately negative and non-productive.

As far as your problems go, I can only tell you that the S75 has lots of things about it that need to be mastered to fully leverage the camera's capabilities. I have used it for 3 months now, and am only now beginning to feel like I know what to expect from it.

Take a look at my progress in the following albums:

These shots were taken within the first 48 hours of camera delivery:

http://members5.clubphoto.com/michael360214/111902/guest.phtml

These were taken last weekend:

http://members5.clubphoto.com/michael360214/442491/guest.phtml

On my Clubphoto Web site, you can see my progression with the camera. Like I said, I'm only beginning now to think I know what I'm doing with this camera, and I still have a lot to learn.

Please, as TurboTed and LMC54 have requested, give specific examples of your issues with the camera, show us some shots (full size, if possible), and most of all, let us know if you want to try to stick with the camera to learn its flaws. If you want to move on, I hope you find a camera that earns your appreciation.

Good luck and happy shooting.

Kind regards.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

 

[yellowdogy]

As far as your problems go, I can only tell you that the S75 has
lots of things about it that need to be mastered to fully leverage
the camera's capabilities. I have used it for 3 months now, and am
only now beginning to feel like I know what to expect from it.

Take a look at my progress in the following albums:

These shots were taken within the first 48 hours of camera delivery:

http://members5.clubphoto.com/michael360214/111902/guest.phtml

These were taken last weekend:

http://members5.clubphoto.com/michael360214/442491/guest.phtml

On my Clubphoto Web site, you can see my progression with the
camera. Like I said, I'm only beginning now to think I know what
I'm doing with this camera, and I still have a lot to learn.

Please, as TurboTed and LMC54 have requested, give specific
examples of your issues with the camera, show us some shots (full
size, if possible), and most of all, let us know if you want to try
to stick with the camera to learn its flaws. If you want to move
on, I hope you find a camera that earns your appreciation.

Good luck and happy shooting.

Kind regards.

Maybe I just got a dud but I'm growing more and more frustated with
the S75. I made a posting earlier regarding the horrible contrast
and trying to capture close ups of subjects with color. In both
areas my FD90 is far superior to the S75. When taking shots of a
subject in which there is shade and full sun on the lawn, the full
sun area looks almost a yellow-white. Have tried every setting the
camera has in both automatic and manual modes and still cannot even
come close to the performance of the FD90. I read the reviews and
postings on this camera prior to purchase but blame myself for
buying it. I realize there is a learning curve with any new piece
of equipment as I've gone through it with two other Sony digitals
but this thing is ridiculous. If you set the S75 and FD90 in front
of someone that had absolutely no knowledge of digital cameras, had
them test each one, I would think that an overwhelming number would
pick the FD90 for ease of use, features and overall picture
quality. I really haven't decided what I'm going to do with this
thing, maybe give it to a child or grandchild as a gift, but even
then, I'll feel guilty. I bought a Canon 1.3 for my daughter and
her family last Christmas and I'd rather us it than the S75. Buying
the S75 to replace the FD90 was a downgrade, not an upgrade.
--
GLP

GEEEEEEZ!!!!!! This thread is great. I'm giving up my day time soaps...the world is a safe place.....

Yellowdogy