Is it just me?

[nightpiper]

recently, i used my in-law's digital cam to take some shots on mum's day. its an olym 5050 set at highest jpg quality, full rez. went to print 8x12 & to my astonishment, its horrible!!

everyone in the group shot look patchy & water colour like. i shot some close up too & they r not as bad. however i can see jagginess on those fine strands of hair & eyebrows look artificial.

the lab i went to is a reputable one & has been around for many years. i m still sending my negs/slides to them for printing & all look excellent from their digital machine. so i have absolute confidence its not due to mishandling.

i can only say that i will continue to stick to film for awhile more... maybe its just me being too picky but i have never seen any of my film look this bad.

care to share some experience? both film & digi users?

 

[IceCoolBeer]

Check your setting camera setting. The image that you want it to store. Is it on the highest resolution?

The more function it have, the more stupid it will be.

 

[Belle&Sebastain]

The more function it have, the more stupid it will be.[/QUOTE]

or the stupid i will be, hahaha! :bsmilie:

 

[nightpiper]

already said that its set to the highest resolution & highest quality. the next higher would be a RAW mode or TIFF. but i must say its definitely much better compare to a 3.3MP 8x10 print i saw last time.

however its still not good enough IMHO as i find that its still couldn't reach film level.

 

[eric69]

recently, i used my in-law's digital cam to take some shots on mum's day. its an olym 5050 set at highest jpg quality, full rez. went to print 8x12 & to my astonishment, its horrible!!

everyone in the group shot look patchy & water colour like. i shot some close up too & they r not as bad. however i can see jagginess on those fine strands of hair & eyebrows look artificial. Care to share some experience? both film & digi users?

Hi, I'm a C-5050 user. I think you should be referring to the SHQ setting. I agreed with you. I noticed that at SHQ setting, the quality is not as good as HQ setting.

Maybe you can try reducing your sharpness setting, maybe to -2?

Cheers.

 

[nightpiper]

thx for the tip . the setting was set at: sharpness -5, saturation +2, contrast 0.

did u get a flawless 8x12 at hi-res from photolabs? i m not into printing pics at home with inkjet printer, so definitely go to photolabs. i also tried those Fuji machines & its not something i can accept, the reds bleed very badly. care to share some experience?

 

[nightpiper]

i just did a test. on the contrary, i prefer it set at SHQ to HQ.

maybe next time, i shound set the resolution to 'enlarge mode 3200x2400'. anyone tried that resolution for enlargement?