mrsullivan

pretty evening in Southlake, TX...

for the photographer Rennlisters.... why are my pictures always so grainy... what am I doing wrong

Mike J

What is your resolution set to and what is the camera?

mrsullivan

ugh...(Beavis/Butthead voice)

That would be an Olympus FE-230 with 7.1 megapixels... set on automatic

maybe I have answered my own question (?)

Mark in Baltimore

mrsullivan,

Your photos don't seem grainy; rather, they seem to be out of focus, or maybe there was camera shake. Grain tends to be a function of ISO/ASA, flare (light hitting the lens) and incorrect exposure.

Nice house.

mrsullivan

Mark, thanks for the photo info.

And re: house, thanks. But I still need a 6 car garage like yours... 4 spots just isnt enough room

Mark in Baltimore

That's not my house or garage. I'm a realtor; that's my client's house. I have a pauper's two car garage . . .

Black993

Such a smokin' ride


When is the last time you cleaned your lens?
Take a look at the trees and such in the background. Looks almost smudged. (these are how my Nokia N95 pictures look after I've been handling my phone and then take a picture)
Try a landscape setting if you have one, and find something to prop the camera on so it will be very still, or breath out slowly as you press the shutter button. It looks like the camera is bumping the ISO to keep up with the lower light that is available when you take these. How does it preform in bright light? Red is such a hard color to photograph with digital.

mrsullivan

thanks again for all the advice... I will definitely clean the lens... the way my 3yr old handles this camera, that could be it...

Mark, you just need to move to Texas where we have lots of land and houses are cheap

InTheAir

I was thinking you were having a focusing problem, but I would expect some part of the picture (either in front or behind the car) to be in focus. However, it appears that the entire picture suffers from "softness". That makes me think you have your resolution set at some setting OTHER than full resolution and/or you are using high compression to store your images. (If all you just heard was 'blah, blah, blah, then refer to the manual below on page 18 about how to set your camera's image quality to 'SHQ' )

http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/...an_fe230_e.pdf

rome

Graininess is caused by your ISO being set to high. For outdoor, bright light shots it should be set at 100

For low light, 400 (or higher).

FWIW-- To my eye, the pics look more out of focus than grainy.

Smiles

I think that if there was high compression, you'd see more artifacts, like where the trees meet the sky, or at the roofline of the 993.

I agree that they look out of focus, or "soft" and a three year old's finger prints could easily be the problem.

Texas993

All of you are wrong. The problem is that the car is dirty and tatty and there is no way to take a good photo of it.

joelb

I think it's because, in Texas, even the pixels are bigger.

Nice car!

MarkD

out of focus or not, very nice example!
I love those seats

jhubs

+1