Panasonic Lumix FX01 isn't that great

[hartofalyon]

i just got the fx01 and i can't seem to get a decent shot indoors. i haven't tried taking the camera outdoors during the day time and i'm only hoping pictures will come out okay. i should have believed the warnings about noise and how this is one of the worst low light cameras.

first, the flash is very weak. when i take a picture indoors with flash on, i get these very dark corners because the flash couldn't light up the entire area. second, the pictures have a lot of noise. more so than any camera i've had before. pictures look fuzzy and colors are not really accurate. it just looks like a bad picture. third, taking pictures without flash on indoors will result in a very underexposed picture. i had to manually set the slow shutter to 1/2 seconds for the lighting to be correct without flash. however, this results in tons of blur.

i don't know, can anyone give me pointers about how to use this camera? i'm about to return it and just shell out the dough for a sd800 or 700.

thanks.

[John_Reed]

i just got the fx01 and i can't seem to get a decent shot indoors. i haven't tried taking the camera outdoors during the day time and i'm only hoping pictures will come out okay. i should have believed the warnings about noise and how this is one of the worst low light cameras.

first, the flash is very weak. when i take a picture indoors with flash on, i get these very dark corners because the flash couldn't light up the entire area. second, the pictures have a lot of noise. more so than any camera i've had before. pictures look fuzzy and colors are not really accurate. it just looks like a bad picture. third, taking pictures without flash on indoors will result in a very underexposed picture. i had to manually set the slow shutter to 1/2 seconds for the lighting to be correct without flash. however, this results in tons of blur.

i don't know, can anyone give me pointers about how to use this camera? i'm about to return it and just shell out the dough for a sd800 or 700.

thanks.It sounds like you're shooting at a fixed ISO, which will severely limit the flash range. You might think that allowing ISO to "roam" in Auto ISO would make your noise problems worse, but having enough light to illuminate the field of view of the camera can do wonders for the noise levels, even at higher ISOs.

If you're having trouble focusing even outdoors, maybe there's a problem with your focusing technique, or you're too close to the subject to get a focus? Read the manual for distances, and make sure you're staying within the physical limitations of the lens. And when you shoot, always "half-depress" the shutter button to get the little green dot in the LCD to stop flashing before you fully depress the button to finish the shot.