New Member with S3 IS -Questions

I just found this forum. I had my S3 for over a year now and love the quality of the outdoor picures it takes. However, most of my indoor pics are grainy and just poor quality. Any suggestions?

Low light sucks with all compacts. You can use the flash, buy a slave flash to bounce, or just nip the problem in the bud and get a DSLR.

Tripod (even if just a little desktop one) and force the ISO down to 200 and less.

should do it (besides using a dedicated flash)

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Tripod works as long as nothing is moving.

A slave flash is your best bet. The only way to manage the noise is lower the ISO which means your going to need more light. A slave flash bounced off a wall or ceiling is going to give you a very nice even light.

Avoid Auto if possible, use at least P mode so that you can control the ISO.

and download a free noise reduction software!

Thanks for the advice. The minute manual that came with the camera is useless. Please tell me more about the slave flash, any recommendations? I do have a tripod. When I take indoor pictures they lack dimension. Will the slave flash resolve this problem?

I find indoor shots to be good. I dont know what modes you use it in but you could try using "P" mode.. or use "AV" and try it around 1/100 and keep the iso below 200.. i usually keep it at 100. Could you post some samples with the efix data?? That would make it easier to advise you...



Michael.

edit: Also.. You should have got 2 manuals with the camera.. an advanced and quick start manual.. The advanced one must be available online as a pdf somewhere...

Papa Roe wrote in post #4779367
Thanks for the advice. The minute manual that came with the camera is useless. Please tell me more about the slave flash, any recommendations? I do have a tripod. When I take indoor pictures they lack dimension. Will the slave flash resolve this problem?

Here is Canon's flash, the HF-DC1:
http://www.adorama.com​/ICAHFDC1.html
A slave flash will go far in solving your problem. It provides a lot of light and used properly can really give a nice soft light illuminating the whole room. There was a post here a while back that did a pretty good job showing the differences between shooting with no flash and different flash setting with a slave flash. Check out:
https://photography-on-the.net …php?p=2609292&p​ostcount=4

Papa Roe wrote in post #4779367
When I take indoor pictures they lack dimension.

I don't understand?

Papa Roe wrote in post #4776500
I just found this forum. I had my S3 for over a year now and love the quality of the outdoor picures it takes. However, most of my indoor pics are grainy and just poor quality. Any suggestions?

Post an example or two. The suggestions made above can help certainly, but only if they apply to the problem as you perceive it.

OK here's a couple of my not so good indoor shots.

[IMG]http://picasaweb.googl​e.com …photo#515068234​9878424002

[IMG]http://picasaweb.googl​e.com …photo#515068318​3102079858
I hope that I uploaded these picture correctly.

Picasa doesn't let you link in that way. The second one is showing a shallow DoF, which is making things look soft, if that's what you mean.

Nope I must of did something wrong. I click o the insert image icon, but it only gave me a URL address link, and you can see what happen.