I am getting fed up with this!!!!

[jon1996]

I was a proud owner of a G6 for about 1month now, I have had amazing results 15% of the time, For some reason I can not take a good pic with this camera, I dont know what it is, I will try every setting it has and they come out looking like they are in 320x160 resolution, Whats the deal? I dont know how to get the exif info or whatever it is called, but the pics are grainy as hell!, Outside it does alright most of the time but alot of the pics look like they are really soft almost like a painting, Any Ideas?
thanks,
jon

[Barb42]

what resolution are you using?

[jon1996]

I am using large superfine the higest besides raw

[mrclark321]

Go into your settings and do a reset, then try a few on the auto
setting. I get nice pictures with mine. Here is a sample

Dan

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/mrclark321/IMG_0106.jpg

[Barb42]

Let me offer more - via the menu check the settings with the camera on P. press menu. the resolution should be L, Compression S.

[BottomBracket]

Perhaps you inadvertently put it in ISO 400. Check to see if it is so, and set it to ISO 50.

[Barb42]

Check the ISO. It may be too high. I agree with the reset. That can solve a lot of problems.

[Barb42]

I used 400 a lot with a G2 I have. It worked well. But a lot of problems can be caused with too messing with different settings. Resets are helpful. I tended to do it every once in a while, just because.

[Mannytkd]

Hi there,

I too get the same problem with soft photo's when i view them on the pc, and then i have to sharpen them using software, surley this can't be right. The above person has been advised to reset the camera, where tye hell do you reset it, i can't find a factory default setting or whatever you have to look for.......?

I did take some shots of a bluebell a couple of mornings ago and after just a little tweaking it is spot on colour and sharpness?

Thanks.

[jon1996]

To reset turn it on and hold the menu button for more than 5seconds then you can reset it, I did it last night but have not tried it yet, also I looked at my settings and I had the ISO set at 400 like mentioned, that was my fault,
later,
jon

[kring]

First; can you describe your issues in more detail, or post some examples of the issues your seeing? I can sense your frustration but in order to help we need more information.

In order to address the issue of grainy, We'll need some details about your system. What type (LCD, CRT) and how big of a monitor are you using? How old is your monitor? What type of video card do you have? What is your resolution set to and what is your refresh rate on your monitor? Have you tried printing photo's? If so, via real photo lab printing methods or just an inkjet printer?

You need to realize that 7.1MP is ALOT of pixels and that camera is taking such detail that at 10 feet away it has multiple pixels for a single blade of grass. So when you view it on your screen at 100% it's so magnified that you are zoomed in closer then you ever really should be. I think the grainy issues you are speaking about could be because you've got more powerful of a camera then need. Can you tell us what you are trying to do with your camera? i.e. Point & Shoot family photo's or are you looking to do 24X32 poster prints?

Are you viewing the pictures at 100% zoom on your monitor? if you are then you are limited to your monitors resolution of approx 72 pixels per inch. Or if you are viewing below 100% keep in mind you are viewing a compress thumbnail. If you are viewing above 100% you are zoomed in so much that you will have noise that will never be visible in a print.

I suggest that you take pictures at a much lower resolution, try the 1600X1200 resolution @ Superfine. I be that will look better to you. Or Take one of your current photo's and using a photoshop (or similar) program, resize your photo to 1024X768 and see if that looks much better to you.

The other thing I would ask is that when you are taking pictures that come out grainy... next time look at the LCD display in the bottom left hand corner, do you see an icon there? it will be a camera with quotes at the bottom? That indicates that the picture will require a very stead hand.

Lastly, If your pictures indoors are where you see grain the most, then the issue is the lighting. you need to add an external flash such as a Canon Speedlite 420EX. having too low a light condition will cause grainy pictures.