Photo Quality

I have just bought a FujiFilm S7000. I am new to this digital camera thing.
I have the camera set on Auto & the setting on 6 mp. The pictures I take
don't look too bad when I download them to my computer, but when I enlarge
them to 100 % in Photo Elements 3, they look nasty. Very grainy & blotchy
looking color. I've looked at other people's pictures enlarged & they look
good. Can someone advise me how to properly set the settings on a digital
camera?

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Ted H.




Theodore Hewitt

Theodore Hewitt wrote:

>I have just bought a FujiFilm S7000. I am new to this digital camera thing.
>I have the camera set on Auto & the setting on 6 mp. The pictures I take
>don't look too bad when I download them to my computer, but when I enlarge
>them to 100 % in Photo Elements 3, they look nasty. Very grainy & blotchy
>looking color. I've looked at other people's pictures enlarged & they look
>good. Can someone advise me how to properly set the settings on a digital
>camera?

Are the photos indoors without the flash? If so, turn on the flash and
try again. Or take a few daylight photos outside and compare.

Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash & without.
I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the dark
snowy side of things.

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:G9GdnXqFsO2g2k3cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Theodore Hewitt wrote:
>
>>I have just bought a FujiFilm S7000. I am new to this digital camera
>>thing.
>>I have the camera set on Auto & the setting on 6 mp. The pictures I take
>>don't look too bad when I download them to my computer, but when I enlarge
>>them to 100 % in Photo Elements 3, they look nasty. Very grainy & blotchy
>>looking color. I've looked at other people's pictures enlarged & they look
>>good. Can someone advise me how to properly set the settings on a digital
>>camera?
>
> Are the photos indoors without the flash? If so, turn on the flash and
> try again. Or take a few daylight photos outside and compare.

Theodore Hewitt wrote:

>Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash & without.
>I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the dark
>snowy side of things.

If you've used flash, then something is wrong with the settings. You
should be able to get a good grain-free shot on Auto without any
problems.

Perhaps it's a problem with Elements. Have you tried viewing the image
in another viewer, like the Windows XP image viewer or Paint?

No, I haven't tried those.

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:WLCdndVnrbNp_03cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Theodore Hewitt wrote:
>
>>Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash &
>>without.
>>I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the
>>dark
>>snowy side of things.
>
> If you've used flash, then something is wrong with the settings. You
> should be able to get a good grain-free shot on Auto without any
> problems.
>
> Perhaps it's a problem with Elements. Have you tried viewing the image
> in another viewer, like the Windows XP image viewer or Paint?

I just tried 3 other programs I have & the quality results were all the
same.

"Theodore Hewitt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsr_zd.1173999$(E-Mail Removed)...
> No, I haven't tried those.
>
> "Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:WLCdndVnrbNp_03cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Theodore Hewitt wrote:
>>
>>>Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash &
>>>without.
>>>I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the
>>>dark
>>>snowy side of things.
>>
>> If you've used flash, then something is wrong with the settings. You
>> should be able to get a good grain-free shot on Auto without any
>> problems.
>>
>> Perhaps it's a problem with Elements. Have you tried viewing the image
>> in another viewer, like the Windows XP image viewer or Paint?
>
>

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:30:59 -0500, Bill <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Theodore Hewitt wrote:
>
>>Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash & without.
>>I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the dark
>>snowy side of things.
>
>If you've used flash, then something is wrong with the settings. You
>should be able to get a good grain-free shot on Auto without any
>problems.
>
>Perhaps it's a problem with Elements. Have you tried viewing the image
>in another viewer, like the Windows XP image viewer or Paint?
If you are using the full 6 megapixel setting, the 100% view will be
very large but should be sharp and dot free.
Check to see that you are on 6 mp. Then try on lower mp settings. Try
on the lower different ISO settings (160 – 800)
Manual: Equivalent to ISO 200/400/800 (resolution is set at 1M /
2M /3M for shots taken at ISO 800) Try the 200 ISO setting.
If still poor take back to shop and exchange under warranty if dealer
unable to rectify problem/fault.
Norman

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:46:20 GMT, "Theodore Hewitt"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Most of what I've taken has been indoors. I have tried with flash & without.
>I have only taken one outside so far. The weather here has been on the dark
>snowy side of things.
>
>"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:G9GdnXqFsO2g2k3cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Theodore Hewitt wrote:
>>
>>>I have just bought a FujiFilm S7000. I am new to this digital camera
>>>thing.
>>>I have the camera set on Auto & the setting on 6 mp. The pictures I take
>>>don't look too bad when I download them to my computer, but when I enlarge
>>>them to 100 % in Photo Elements 3, they look nasty. Very grainy & blotchy
>>>looking color. I've looked at other people's pictures enlarged & they look
>>>good. Can someone advise me how to properly set the settings on a digital
>>>camera?
>>
>> Are the photos indoors without the flash? If so, turn on the flash and
>> try again. Or take a few daylight photos outside and compare.

I'm not familiar with your camera (I have a Canon A80) but there's a
couple of ideas come to mind. What size and format are your output
files? My most detailed 4 MP files can run over 3 Mbytes as jpegs; 6
MP should give you even larger files than that. I wonder if perhaps
your settings weren't saved for some reason and have dropped to lower
resolution defaults?

Also, is there a "film speed" setting -- "ISO"? High values there
(400, 800 and higher) speed up the camera but introduce more noise
into the picture -- a sort of digital grain.

DaveT

Theodore Hewitt wrote:

>>> If you've used flash, then something is wrong with the settings. You
>>> should be able to get a good grain-free shot on Auto without any
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> Perhaps it's a problem with Elements. Have you tried viewing the image
>>> in another viewer, like the Windows XP image viewer or Paint?
>
>I just tried 3 other programs I have & the quality results were all the
>same.

Then it's a problem with the settings, or the camera is defective.

Is there a reset option to return the settings to their defaults? Out of
the box the camera should take decent pictures at the normal settings.

With digital cameras, you want the best pictures, so you have to set your
camera settings to best resolution rather than default settings called the
raw, and also use the biggest file saved, the bigger the file saved, the
better the resolution, more pixels=quality when enlarge, be careful,
sometime when viewing pictures with software, you only get part of the file,
not full pixels..it looks pixelite when enlarging..That camera of yours is a
wonderful piece of technology and complex also, I suggest you read the book
and make a lot of same shots with different settings..practice makes
perfect.
People tend to compare old film camera with digital..not the same..ols film,
the lower the ASA speed=the best results, here in digital its oposite, the
more or best quality settings and bigger file saved= best pictures
Wish I could buy one of this soon because I LOVED photography and am
learning digital..wow, what a different world

Good Luck my friend

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