good luck with your new camera will be very interested to see some of your photos, i have been using a konica minolta z3 for the last couple of years it as 12x zoom.David Smith said:Went out and bought it yesterday. Got it from Wildings in Warrington. They wouldn't budge on the price £299.00 but did a deal on the card and batteries (I am prepared to pay a bit extra for personal contact and I can always go in with any problems). Have been playing around and results seem good. Have lost my USB card reader so going out for one today and will try and post some shots on this site-never done that before and I note others saying it is dificult, I'm a techni-phobe but will have a try.
One thing I can't work out is how to put it on 15 fps-I can get it to 3fps but the little 'emblems' for high speed are blanked out-any suggestions ??
how are you getting on with your new camera, taken many photos yet?David Smith said:Went out and bought it yesterday. Got it from Wildings in Warrington. They wouldn't budge on the price £299.00 but did a deal on the card and batteries (I am prepared to pay a bit extra for personal contact and I can always go in with any problems). Have been playing around and results seem good. Have lost my USB card reader so going out for one today and will try and post some shots on this site-never done that before and I note others saying it is dificult, I'm a techni-phobe but will have a try.
One thing I can't work out is how to put it on 15 fps-I can get it to 3fps but the little 'emblems' for high speed are blanked out-any suggestions ??
You should expect this. Anything over 200 is apt to be noisy with a point-and-shoot camera. They're almost all like that. These high ISOs are available in some of the newer point-and-shoot cameras as a "if you absolutely need it, it's better than nothing" capability, and as a marketing gimmick. But you can hardly expect better than fair results even at 400, and 1600 is really pushing things.Mick Sway said:Also I find the "noise" , very bad when using a high shutter speed at ISO 1600.
RAH said:You should expect this. Anything over 200 is apt to be noisy with a point-and-shoot camera. They're almost all like that. These high ISOs are available in some of the newer point-and-shoot cameras as a "if you absolutely need it, it's better than nothing" capability, and as a marketing gimmick. But you can hardly expect better than fair results even at 400, and 1600 is really pushing things.
You can remove some of it with image editing (e.g. Noise Ninja).
Hopefully in a few years, things will improve...