Graining

[gorfuc]

Hi, i'm totally new to any sort of photography, i've just bought my first camera of any kind but i seem to be having problems with grainy pictures, well i have'nt actually taken a picture yet that has'nt had quite bad graining on it

It's only a cheapy digital camera (£100) Kodak (MD1063) 10 Megapixel.

I've tried taking pictures a various resolutions but still get the same outcome.

Do you think it's just because the camera is'nt of a very good quality or do you think i'm doing something wrong? As i've never had a digital camera before i have'nt got anything to compare with but i thought at least this camera would be able to take a picture without all the grain i'm getting.

Any advise would be great and much appreciated

 

[imcarm]

Check what ISO your shooting at, a high ISO will give you grainy results. You may want to check if the Camera is using auto ISO as this will cause grainy images especially if the subject is poorly lit as the camera will use a high ISO.

 

[gorfuc]

Check what ISO your shooting at, a high ISO will give you grainy results. You may want to check if the Camera is using auto ISO as this will cause grainy images especially if the subject is poorly lit as the camera will use a high ISO.

ahh i did notice ISO settings when i was first looking through the menu's on the camera but did'nt change it as i did'nt understand what it was for, i'm pretty sure it is set to auto and i must admit all of the pictures i've taken have been in poorly lit rooms, i'll try changing the ISO later to see if it helps.

Thanks very much for your help

 

[gorfuc]

Check what ISO your shooting at, a high ISO will give you grainy results. You may want to check if the Camera is using auto ISO as this will cause grainy images especially if the subject is poorly lit as the camera will use a high ISO.

You were absolutely spot on with your advise, i turned it right down, 68 i think is the lowest setting and it did improve the picture which is good but i'm still getting the grain, i guess my camera just is'nt very good

Thanks again for your help

 

[Yandros]

You were absolutely spot on with your advise, i turned it right down, 68 i think is the lowest setting and it did improve the picture which is good but i'm still getting the grain, i guess my camera just is'nt very good

Thanks again for your help

This is sadly what you get when you squeeze 10MP into a tiny sensor - poor signal to noise ratio. If you're really unhappy with the output, I'd suggest an exchange for one of the 7-8MP cameras with a lower pixel density. I've read a lot of comments from people that the latest generation of 10-12MP compacts are worse image quality than their previous camera!

 

[gorfuc]

This is sadly what you get when you squeeze 10MP into a tiny sensor - poor signal to noise ratio. If you're really unhappy with the output, I'd suggest an exchange for one of the 7-8MP cameras with a lower pixel density. I've read a lot of comments from people that the latest generation of 10-12MP compacts are worse image quality than their previous camera!

Thanks for your advise, unfortunately i've taken off the plastic protection film which covered the LCD so i don't think i can return it.

As i said i have'nt got a clue about camera's and this is my first, i don't even need anything close to 10MP, i only want to view my pictures on my PC, i just thought more pixels better quality, which is true but i've found out you don't need that many pixels for a quality image just to see on your monitor (i was wondering why a 5MP picture looked the same as 10MP one) i thought the camera took the same size picture everytime whatever resolution it was set too and it would just be better quality the higher the res, i did'nt realise that if i took a 10MP picture it would take it the size of a poster i think probably something like 5MP would be plenty for my needs, so in the end going for the higher pixel count thinking it would give me the best image ended up giving me potentionaly a worse one