Why does the same camera produce diferent pics?? example-->

[g6er33]

I noticed that some peoples pictures of the same camera (canon sd500) have a differnce in the quality of the pictures. Can some one explain why there is a differnce? Is it due to the way the pictures were taken, or how the pictures were loaded?

Here is the first example of someones pics from the canon sd500. Make sure you scroll through the pics-->
http://www.pbase.com/kanyaa/image/42627231
notice how clear the pictures are

Now heres another set of pictures from another user of the sd500-->

http://www.pbase.com/jthomson/image/42999762

i've seen other pics that are not as good as the other at the top.

[kawter2]

am i missing something? im not really seeing a diference

[Longwatcher]

What little difference I can see is more how the pictures were taken then anything else.
In the first of each, the flash is up close and where it belongs in the first series. in the second the flash runs out before it gets to the subjects making them too dark.
The rest that I looked at were up close, flash versus distance shots in hazy daylight. Can't compare.

The reason for a difference though is the second person shoots in Aperture priority mode, the first it doesn't say. Otherwise if nothing else it could be different batche sof the sensor. But I am not seeing a very significant difference. I think you may have your monitor turned up too bright.

Just my opinion,

[robertwgross]

Every camera has a different set of limitations. Hopefully, the photographer knows the equipment and knows its limitations. If not, then the photographer ends up capturing a suboptimal image. The camera might be pretty smart, and if the conditions get too strange, the camera can't do much about it. So, ideally the photographer knows when to override the automatic nature of a camera and apply some human skill to the settings. For instance, if your subject is blurry, that might be caused by camera shake, subject shake, or a few other reasons. Sometimes a photographer will shoot that suboptimal image and then try to post-process it extensively to recover what should have been there. Well, you can only go so far, and when editing makes large changes in the apparent exposure, it normally shows up as a weak final image.

---Bob Gross---

[neil_r]

Because different people took them. I don't understand the premis of your question. You can't imagine that the kit determins the quality or otherwise of the end result. If that were the case then all pictures taken with a particular camera type would be the same and that is patently rediculous.


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[RichardtheSane]

As has been said already (but can never be emphasised enough) it is the photographer that creates the image, not the camera.

And every photographer develops a style...