Notable granularity when using uji FinePix S5100

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This link:
http://pbase.com/billthefirst/fuji_s5100

It's normal to get more noise when increasing ISO. I didn't have
patience to download & compare all those, what looks best?


a wrote:

> See my test photos at
>
> http://upload.pbase.com/edit_galle [...] fuji_s5100
>
> amd tell me if you think that's normal or not.
>
> THX,
> Bill
>

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"a" <kisshernow@walla.co.il> wrote in message
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> See my test photos at
>
> http://upload.pbase.com/edit_galle [...] fuji_s5100
>
> amd tell me if you think that's normal or not.
>
> THX,
> Bill
>

My wife has a Fuji S5500 (same camera different name), and I am quite
impressed with the results. It can easily produce good quality A4 prints
using the 4Mp Jpeg.

This image (1167) is only 800 x 600 pixels, and looks Ok, apart from a few
Jpeg artifacts, (above the dolls eye). I can not see any signs of
granularity, even when it is zoomed on screen to be about 15 inches wide.
The Artifacts could be the result of the way this image was processed before
posting.

If you are stating that the 4Mp - Large images are grainy / noisy, at 100 or
200 ISO, could you post one or two. Or rather could you post a cropped 800
x 600 pixel section of one or two without "Saving for Web" , so that we can
see. The dolls head would be a good part to use, because the plastic surface
should be smooth. Please also ensure that only the very last "Save" before
posting uses compression.

If the existing ones look grainy on your screen, could there be some sort of
problem there. I know that if I try to display a Jpeg greater than 1024 x
760 on my TV screen, I get a sort of Clumping effect which looks very like
film grain.

There is some vignetting, but nothing that a little post processing could
not cure. It could easily be got rid of, by shooting in Raw and using the
Adobe Raw plug in to convert to Tiff or Psd. The only problem is that the
Raw files from this camera are 11Mb.

Roy G

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"Bruce Coryell" <bcoryell@chesco.com> wrote in message
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> I'm quite happy with my S5100 - not a D70, but I knew that going in.
>
> paul wrote:
>
>> This link:
>> http://pbase.com/billthefirst/fuji_s5100
>>
>> It's normal to get more noise when increasing ISO. I didn't have patience
>> to download & compare all those, what looks best?
>>
>>
>> a wrote:
>>
>>> See my test photos at
>>>
>>> http://upload.pbase.com/edit_galle [...] fuji_s5100
>>>
>>> amd tell me if you think that's normal or not.
>>>
>>> THX,
>>> Bill
>>>


Hi Bruce.

As I said in my reply to the OP, my wife has a S5500, which is a very useful
little camera, giving good results.

It was a great deal cheaper than my D70, which is also a bit too bulky and
heavy for her, and my D70 does not have a 10x Zoom (yet).

Roy G

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"paul" <paul@not.net> wrote in message
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> Roy wrote:
>>
>> It was a great deal cheaper than my D70, which is also a bit too bulky
>> and heavy for her, and my D70 does not have a 10x Zoom (yet).
>
>
> I have 33x zoom on my D70 <grin> 12mm-400mm (18-600 in 35mm eq.) Not all
> in one lens though, 7x is the most in one lens (28-200).

Ok, Ok.

I can't beat you on that one, I still only have the 17-70 DX. I can't make
up my mind which longer Zoom to go for.

I suppose I could use my AI lenses - 105 f2.5 and 200 f4 meantime, but the
no metering seems like a pain in the Arse.

How lazy can we get?.

My first real camera, was a Periflex - a little reflex telescope sort of
thing allowed you to focus the centre of the image through the taking lens,
and no metering at all. My next camera, a real SLR still had no metering,
and did not even have a flash shoe.

I could really lower the whole tone of my nice new camera by putting on my
very elderly Tamron 70 -210, complete with its chipped front element and
loose Zoom ring.

Roy G