Expert: John Oliverio - 3/10/2004

Question
ok thanks a lot i appreciate it- what about the color mistakes though, like they bleed... the sample pics on canons site most certaintly do not look like mine though, they look A LOT better- any other advice?

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Followup To
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Hey John, howse it going. I would appreciate a response by Thursday morning, if possible, as I am going on vacation thursday night. I have a Canon A70 camera: spex: http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/a70-60/index.html
if you are curious.
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It is digital, however, my pictures come out like crap. There are links to sample images that I have uploaded for you to look at. I am VERY computer/photography literate. So you dont need to treat me like an idiot, just letting you know, it may help. I have tried all the possible modes, but my results are always the same. Not smooth and bright, they are pixelated. I have 2 HP photo printers (one is a portable 4x6, other is multifunction psc2410) and other pictures come out ASTONASHING. I did a master reset with the camera and cant figure things out. I have tried a billion settings, however, Canon says that AUTO mode should do the trick. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated... Thanks,
Harrison

ps- i apologize for large picture size but i wanted to preserve picture quality so you could see originals, focus on the red circles, especially in low light, it is pixelated and grainy and kind of blurry-also i need to hold the camera oddly still in order for it to not pick up shaking

http://www.geocities.com/hhersch9000/

there are 4 pix for you there- thanks a lot

Answer -
Harrison,

Well yeah...  that looks about right.  What you are seeing is noise (often called grain).  Though I don't see anything pixelated.  When something is pixelated, that simply means you don't have enough pixels for the job your are doing.

So, noise. "A" series Canon leans towards the noisy side in my opinion.  Your results are fairly typical.  Something you can do to help is overide the automatic ISO.  Set it to the lowest, which is 50.  I couldn't read your EXIF data.  But I bet if you check it out, you'll find that most of your shots are set at 400 ISO.  

John

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I really don't see any color bleed.  Though I couldn't get your last picture because it went over your bandwidth allowance.  The pictures I saw are consistent with other pictures I've seen from A series Canon.  About the only thing you can do is keep the ISO low.

John