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Camera Experts- Auto ISO Issue?
Hi ladies! I hope you can help me. I recently bought a Canon PowerShot SD780is. It gets pretty good reviews and I love that it's tiny and has the HD video recording. However, I've always had Sony Cyber-Shots and loved them so I was somewhat reluctant to switch to Canon.
I recently started using my Canon and I don't think I'm thrilled with it all the time. When I import my pictures to Picasa, the colors often appear washed out, the flash seems to be a little too bright. Also, I'm curious about Auto ISO. I don't know much about it, but I've been doing a little reading so I get the basics. The thing is, a lot of reviews say the Canon is "useless" (grainy/noisy) past 400 or 600 ISO- Picasa shows that in Auto Mode, most of my pictures are taken at about 640-800 ISO! I'm wondering why they'd all be so high, even when there is good lighting. The pictures aren't as sharp/crisp as I'd like and there's definitely some "noise" when I zoom in.
I've heard such great things about Canon and I really like the camera overall, but I can't sacrifice color and picture sharpness. I haven't printed any pictures, so I don't know for sure, but I have to figure out if I want to return the camera within the next 2 weeks.
Shouldn't this camera be awesome? What's the deal with Automatic ISO?
Re: Camera Experts- Auto ISO Issue?
your ISO may be trying to compensate for an aperture that's not wide open enough. what are you calling 'good lighting'? i've noticed that in my house (and others) i can't get anything worthwhile unless i've got my f/1.8 lens wide open and i'm using a high-ish ISO.
i'm not a canon girl, so i can't tell you if this will work...on my nikon there is an auto ISO setting that let's you select a maximum ISO.
for instance, if i set my max ISO at 400, keep my aperture the same, my shutter speed may slow down to compensate.
does that make any sense?
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