Big headache with new S5500

[warhol]

Hi all,

After doing some research/reading reviews, I (just) got myself a S5500. With my old Minolta Z2, I did a picture comparison and found out that the S5500's quality @ 300dpi is very bad.

I work with heavy graphics so I can't possibly live with the bad noise. I thought the Z2's was bad enough and now this. Anyone knows how I can rectify the problem or are there other solutions? Maybe I'm not familiar with the settings enough. Attached herewith are the picture comparisons:



Any help rendered would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!

[yowch]

Any chance of setting the ISO to the lowest on the S5000 (64 or even 100) then expose correctly using either P or A mode? High ISO will generate higher noise. From www.dpreview.com, the sample you posted seems consistent with the ISO400 noise.

To reduce noise, you can try Noise Ninja or Neatimage.

[LazerLordz]

Originally Posted by yowch Any chance of setting the ISO to the lowest on the S5000 (64 or even 100) then expose correctly using either P or A mode? High ISO will generate higher noise. From www.dpreview.com, the sample you posted seems consistent with the ISO400 noise. To reduce noise, you can try Noise Ninja or Neatimage.

The main problem with the S5500 and the S5000 is that the lowest ISO is 200.If you use Auto, you might be able to get an ISO of 100 or 64.But it varies.

[warhol]

Thank you yowch and LazerLordz!! It totally didn't occur to me that I had the ISO settings at 400!! Switched to 100 and it didn't look THAT bad anymore, am going to try Noise Ninja in awhile.

Guess I should really spend an hour or two exploring.

Thank you guys, once again!

[rebbot]

hey mate i was shocked when I saw the pics you took in the first post my pics never turned up that bad before try to use ISO 64 or 100 and the results are quite stunning imho cheers~

[warhol]

Originally Posted by rebbot hey mate i was shocked when I saw the pics you took in the first post my pics never turned up that bad before try to use ISO 64 or 100 and the results are quite stunning imho cheers~

Indeed!! I got a rude shock myself! The camera was less than a day old! Gee. How much did you get your set for, buddy? What was the package like?

[y0ngcheng]

Originally Posted by warhol Thank you yowch and LazerLordz!! It totally didn't occur to me that I had the ISO settings at 400!! Switched to 100 and it didn't look THAT bad anymore, am going to try Noise Ninja in awhile. Guess I should really spend an hour or two exploring. Thank you guys, once again!

oh, glad to see that you've solved your problem.

[rebbot]

Originally Posted by warhol Indeed!! I got a rude shock myself! The camera was less than a day old! Gee. How much did you get your set for, buddy? What was the package like?

Hi there, managed to get it for $700, camera, carrying bag, tripod, 512MB Xd Card, 2 sets of Batteries