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Panasonic TZ8 POOR PICTURE QUALITY

  • 10-02-2011 11:52pm
    #1
    rookie76
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Recently bought a Panasonic TZ8 camera. Lots of reviews about sharpness of picture and quality etc.
    Don't know much about maual settings etc. so i am using it in "Intelligent auto mode".
    I have transfered my first set of pics to my PC but the quality doesn't seem to be great. The pics look slightly out of focus or lacking sharpness. I noticed straight away, and considering that I have changed from using a very simple 5mp fujifilm this is very disappointing.
    Can anyone give me advice on how to improve this, or is it just a setting issue.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Always better to see the pictures, get yourself an account at www.pix.ie and upload some of the pictures and you can post them up to get a better answer to your question


  • #3
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,111 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Put the camera on a level surface - or tripod if you have one - set it pointing at something, set the self timer and let it take a shot without you touching it.

    Look at the resulting pic. If it looks sharp and of the quality you were expecting, that could mean that the other shots may have suffered from camera shake from being hand held.


  • #4
    aidanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭aidanic


    rookie76 wrote: »
    Don't know much about maual settings etc. so i am using it in "Intelligent auto mode".

    As BorderFox suggested, posting some pictures will help alot. Either pix or flickr.

    I've a Panasonic ZS3 (TZ7), along with the rest of my gear, and never use the iA settings. For me, the camera takes too long looking at the picture and doing it's calculations before firing the shutter. The "normal picture" (red camera on the dial) settings are much the same, with automated exposure, but none of the fancy stuff.

    Check that the lens is clean (clean with a lens cloth or micro-fibre cloth), and that you're settings are for picture size and quality are at the max.

    My TZ7 is surprisingly good (for a P&S), and the optical zoom is great.

    Aidan


  • #5
    rookie76
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭rookie76


    Thanks all. I'll try some of your advice and will post results. I'm sure it's not the camera but just the settings. I'll also try and get some sample pics up over next few days


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