My DSLR camera, which I have had now for over half a year, has always had trouble with noise (fuzziness and blemishing) of the photos that it takes. Even if the ISO is set to a low setting, and the picture is composed correctly, etc, there is still noise present in the photo itself when the image is zoomed 2x or more. The camera has 9m pixels, and Im thinking to myself; should this really be the quality of such a powerful camera.
Images appear in this way in both Tele and Wide shots, with optical zoom. Its such as shame- its a great camera, but I don't want my prints to appear with a 'painted' effect when it comes to printing.
2006-12-21 22:48:03 · 11 answers · asked by gecko 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
My camera is a Fujifilm S9500, which just has the ONE fixed lens attached, which cannot be removed. I have considered reporting the item to the manufacturer, but I wasn't entirely sure whether the problem was down to human error of technical error, really.
2006-12-21 23:02:29 · update #1
Try warranty repair.
2006-12-21 22:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your camera falls under the DSLR-Like category since it's not really a true DSLR.
Ok, I see a couple of problems here. First, pixel density. When you pack 9 MP onto a tiny sensor like your camera does it limits the light gathering ability of the sensor, giving you more noise. That's why true DSLR's take such noise free images. Their sensors are much bigger, even though the MP are about the same. Don't bother sending it to be fixed, it's a design flaw not a broken camera.
Second, your zooming in too much! When you view an image at 200% imagine how big a screen you would need to see the whole picture! It would be the size of a movie screen! There's no way your going to be printing that big. When you zoom back out to fit the whole image on the screen it will look much better. Try printing out a few at common sizes like 4x6 or 8x10. It won't be that bad.
2006-12-22 16:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by AaronB532 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the stated responses could be true of your camera but, first make sure you are using the full megapixel range of the camera. I'm not familiar with your camera model but, most DSLR's have adjustable file sizes. If it is set to small (for a web page thumbnail say) you won't get much after zooming a little. When set to large you will get the full megapixel file that the camera can deliver and should be zoomable quite far at 9mp. Just a thought.
2006-12-22 06:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by rsimons56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are using a prosumer camera instead of a DSLR. a prosumer's sensor is smaller then a DSLR but slightly larger then the normal point and shoot, therefore, if your ISO goes higher then 200, noise would start appearing. under exposure also causes noise.
if you see noise at ISO 100 and you photo is neither over nor underexposed, then you noise reduction function might not be working, but since you mentioned that the problem is always there since half a year ago, it should means that your camera is just like that.
if you are still worry, go to the camera serivce center and get it checked.
2006-12-25 20:58:31 · answer #4 · answered by cheeken lita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing that can really make a photo noisy is underexposure. As you zoom in more the effective f-stop gets smaller meaning it is passing less light to the sensor. Try over exposing my 1/3 or 2/3's of a stop. If those shots still show a lot of noise then you may have a hardware problem.
2006-12-22 17:11:42 · answer #5 · answered by k3s793 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As against the answer from Guymelef, Amateur Photographer (a leading photographic magazine in the UK) did an in depth review some while ago of a number of 'bridge' cameras* with about 8-10mega pixel sensors- which your Fuji is - and came to the conclusion that they ALL showed an unacceptable amount of noise, which they attributed to the fact that, in an attempt to sell more cameras with a higher mp count, to many photosites were being crammed on to the sensors - which, of course, have not increased in size.
A copy of the report will be available by search APs site, but you might have to pay for it.
*including models from Nikon, Canon, Sony etc.
2006-12-22 01:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many good points and suggestions here. You might also try shooting pictures at below the maximum resolution setting (not "quality" setting) provided by the camera. This could at least in theory, give a lower pixel density and hence less noise. Low light performance in my own pro-sumer Nikon 5000 suggests this to be the case as well, though I'm still experimenting with that.
You may also have to reduce the saturation settings as well.
2006-12-23 09:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically what you have there is a "prosumer" camera, and not a DSLR camera (Digital Single Lens Reflex).
A 'prosumer' camera is designed to bridge the gap between fixed lens compacts and interchangeable lens SLRs. It usually combines the best features of point and shoot compact (P & S) cameras and the SLR (which features interchangeable lens).
Based on the review coming from http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms9000/, this should not be the case, which means that your camera's sensor may be damaged. It says, the noice starts to get noticeable for settings above ISO 400 (and worse in ISO 1600). But yours, you say even at the lowest setting (or how 'low' is your low setting?).
Fujifilm Finepix S9000 is known as S9500 in Europe and Asia.
2006-12-21 23:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by Guymelef 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What lens are you using? What model is the camera?
Borrow a friends lens and see if your camera still has the same problem...
It may be an error in the sensor...you should have taken it back ages ago!
2006-12-21 22:50:42 · answer #9 · answered by king_badger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-08-24 03:07:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋