Flash in the pan
Jun. 27th, 2008 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqJust to make my day interesting I decided to upgrade the firmware on my camera; I had version 1.00, and the current version is 1.10. Among the upgrades, the new version offered "Windows Vista compatibility, improved USB support, and better low-light noise reduction". It was the third one that caught my interest, as that is the one feature of this camera that has underwhelmed me to some extent.
I installed the new firmware, changed the USB settings and plugged it in. Windows promptly updated its drivers and started recognizing it as an actual camera, rather than a generic USB mass storage device. Cool. I cranked the ISO setting to 1600 and snapped a picture in the relative gloom of our computer room. I wish that I had taken a picture before I did the upgrade, but even without something to do an A/B comparison, the results look much improved to me. I am going to toy with the settings a bit and snap a few more pictures before I make a final proclamation one way or the other though.
I installed the new firmware, changed the USB settings and plugged it in. Windows promptly updated its drivers and started recognizing it as an actual camera, rather than a generic USB mass storage device. Cool. I cranked the ISO setting to 1600 and snapped a picture in the relative gloom of our computer room. I wish that I had taken a picture before I did the upgrade, but even without something to do an A/B comparison, the results look much improved to me. I am going to toy with the settings a bit and snap a few more pictures before I make a final proclamation one way or the other though.
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Date: 2008-06-28 03:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-28 04:46 am (UTC)Here is a shot of a poppy shot at 800 ISO. If you look at the larger sized pictures on Flickr, you can see a reasonable number of artifacts in the picture. I wish that I had gone out earlier and taken the same pictures before I flashed it with the new firmware so that I could do a proper comparison.
This is the one that really impressed me; I cranked the ISO up to 1600 for this shot. I don't need an older picture for side-by-side comparison at this setting, I can see a market improvement! Prior to the upgrade, pictures shot at this high setting were not good for much of anything, but now they are almost passable.
Finally, this is what happens when