Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 I would like to take some decent photos, unfortunately a good camera is not an option at the moment. I have a fuji S5600 and it does have most of the features that DSLR's have, well apart from the lens that is. With it being only 5mp it has it's obvious limitations. For example as I zoom in with digital zoom the pictures get very grainy. That said, I followed the advice given to Paulus by Romany and my pictures did improve. Enough waffling, what I would like to know is there any chance of me getting better photos with this camera than the ones I am taking at the moment? Here are a few of my best, please bare in mind that they have been taken though a double glazed window. Goldies on Nyjer seeds It's not only goldies that like Nyjer Starling just love the dripping and seeds fat tubs You can see what I mean about the grainy effect with this shot of a Bluetit. Is there any hope? TC 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sowhat 1,572 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 They look fine to me but i'm no expert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 i dont know what settings your camera has but can you turn down the iso setting? also flare or ghousting have you got a lens hod or use your hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 i dont know what settings your camera has but can you turn down the iso setting? also flare or ghousting have you got a lens hod or use your hand. Paulus, I was using a 200 ISO setting with a f4 aperture for those photos. I can change the ISO setting between 64 and 1600 and shot in A. aperture priority. As for the rest of your post, sorry I have not a clue it's all double dutch to me. I am a real novice who does not know anything that has not been explained in this forum. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coyotehunter 689 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything how the heck did you know he was taking photos through the window im seriously impressed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything how the heck did you know he was taking photos through the window im seriously impressed I think the clue is in the fact the guy said he had been shooting through a double glazed window :laugh: 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything how the heck did you know he was taking photos through the window im seriously impressed I think the clue is in the fact the guy said he had been shooting through a double glazed window :laugh: missed that :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything how the heck did you know he was taking photos through the window im seriously impressed I think the clue is in the fact the guy said he had been shooting through a double glazed window :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 One of your problems is you're shooting through double glazing, it doesn't matter how good your lens is if you shoot through a window, its like fellas that spend a fortune on realy good lenses and then throw a shitty cheap UV filter on the end , it defeats the point of shooting with good glass !! you shouldnt have any problems with iso at 200, i think another problem with compact cameras is they have whats called a digital zoom, which isnt really a proper zoom and crops away at the image , when ever you crop an image you get degredation, i think thats as much your problem as anything Coyotehunter, It does have an optical zoom 10x what ever that means the specs are here, http://cameras.co.uk/specs/fuji-finepix-s5600.cfm no doubt you will be able to understand them it's all gobblygoog to me. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Extremetaz 15 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Dude, in the conditions you're shooting (ie: through the window) and with the camera you're using, there's not a damned thing wrong with those shots! Hell there's fella's out there with full blown SLR's couldn't do as good as job as you've done. Turn off the digital zoom though - it's a waste of time as Coyotehunter has mentioned. Get in as close as you can optically, and if you want to crop the shot later, do it on the comp - this is exactly what the camera does when you use digital zoom in any case. Keep your eye out on the advert sites - cheap kit pops up all the time - and as I keep mentioning to folk, don't spend money on the camera itself, spend your money on the glass and stick whatever you can afford onto the back of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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