Waylander Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Image quality is superb with semi-auto mode ("m" mode) setting ISO to 400. BUT any pix at night are aweful from my camera no matter if I use M/auto/special[nightime]. Really dark and grainy shots, poor flash function. Any tips on improving nightime quality? On Holiday recently we took to using my sister's old F11 for the nightime pix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 That doesn't sound right at all, it should by great in low light. I've taken many a shot at ISO 100 on a slight bulb to great effect. If it starts to go up to 1600 or 3200iso then it does very grainy but up to 800 its as good as any P/S in its class, if not at the top. Take a couple of shots and post them up and let us know the setting. Auto will wind the ISO up quite a bit but on Manual you should be able to set it to 400 and click away. At night it can be good to set it to the Auto / Natural setting. It then takes 2 shots, one with flash one without both back to back, great when you are giving someone the camera to take a shot of you as one will always be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I know - hence I am sure it is something I must not be doing right. Sadly I can't find the pix taken with my F31fd and sis's F11 to show the diff but here are examples of it in low light: I like the idea of natural/flash mode! Wife is really getting on my case about it as I raved about the low light performance when buying and it is not as good as my old canon either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Here are 2 representative pix: first one is actually taken in better light on mine [iSO200] 2nd one with F11 later on the same day about an hour later [also ISO 200] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 bear in mind also these are the ones that were not so crap that they were deleted immediately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 I have both the F30 and the F31 - and I've practically given up on the F31 :confused: The quality in low light and 'in general' is, in my experience of owning both, far higher on the F30 than it is on the F31. Same with diving pictures - the F30 knocks the '31 out of the water. Probably not what you wanted to hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thats strange I though they were the same bar face detection but maybe they aren't. Have a look for some reviews to see if it is an F31 thing or not then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 I bought the F31 as I loved the F30 - and I didn't want to keep taking the F30 out of the underwater case. My ex uses the F31 as a snap-happy camera, cos I thought it wasn't very good I also assumed they were pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 I have both the F30 and the F31 - and I've practically given up on the F31 :confused:The quality in low light and 'in general' is, in my experience of owning both, far higher on the F30 than it is on the F31. Same with diving pictures - the F30 knocks the '31 out of the water. Probably not what you wanted to hear AT least it means it aint just me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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