fringing issue with a canon powershot s2

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Hello.
Here is a picture I took today with my brand new canon powershot s2 of
my... erhm... tomato plants:

http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/wiet.jpg

One thing I noticed right away is the major fringing on the left side
of the image on the left side of the pots. Is this something that might
indicate there is a problem with the camera or is it something caused
by a peculiar combination of camera settings and lighting conditions?

I did expect there to be some fringing based on the reviews I read at
"Steve's Digicams" and "DPReview.com", but this seems a bit extreme and
it's not even at the outer edges of the image.

Thanks in advance for any feedback, kind regards, Niek

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"name" <dohduhdah@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1123175480.495412.234310@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Hello.
> Here is a picture I took today with my brand new canon powershot s2 of
> my... erhm... tomato plants:
>
> http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/wiet.jpg
>
> One thing I noticed right away is the major fringing on the left side
> of the image on the left side of the pots. Is this something that might
> indicate there is a problem with the camera or is it something caused
> by a peculiar combination of camera settings and lighting conditions?
>
> I did expect there to be some fringing based on the reviews I read at
> "Steve's Digicams" and "DPReview.com", but this seems a bit extreme and
> it's not even at the outer edges of the image.
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback, kind regards, Niek

The image is out of focus, for starters. And you need to meter on
the brightest part of the image, in this case either on the white bricks
or on one of the planters, where the sunlight is most intense.

You can also try turning down EC 1/3 or 2/3 and you'll get much
better results.

And if you want to send me a sample from that third tomato plant
I'll take very good care of it.. :-)

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I often forget to actually focus on one of the subjects before I frame
the picture also.

Try putting the pipe down and locking on one of the... ehrm, tomato
plants, as you said, before framing the picture on all of them.

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Pete R wrote:
> "name" <dohduhdah@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1123175480.495412.234310@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Hello.
> > Here is a picture I took today with my brand new canon powershot s2 of
> > my... erhm... tomato plants:
> >
> > http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/wiet.jpg
> >
> > One thing I noticed right away is the major fringing on the left side
> > of the image on the left side of the pots. Is this something that might
> > indicate there is a problem with the camera or is it something caused
> > by a peculiar combination of camera settings and lighting conditions?
> >
> > I did expect there to be some fringing based on the reviews I read at
> > "Steve's Digicams" and "DPReview.com", but this seems a bit extreme and
> > it's not even at the outer edges of the image.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any feedback, kind regards, Niek
>
> The image is out of focus, for starters. And you need to meter on
> the brightest part of the image, in this case either on the white bricks
> or on one of the planters, where the sunlight is most intense.

OK, I experimented some more and indeed the purple fringing is much
less pronounced
when the picture is more in focus (still not sure if it's completely in
focus here):

http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/wiet.jpg

I like being able to move the exposure/focus frame around on the S2 and
I think
the exposure is better on this pic, without any EC.

>
> You can also try turning down EC 1/3 or 2/3 and you'll get much
> better results.
>
> And if you want to send me a sample from that third tomato plant
> I'll take very good care of it.. :-)

Contact me by email and I'm sure we can come to some kind of agreement.
:-)