White Spots (Orbs) in Pictures using Flash on 1030sw I am getting alot of White spots in my pictures when using a flash on my Olympus 1030sw. I seen it occasionally on my Canon Elfs and Kodaks, but on this camera is is in over 3/4 of the pictures especially when taking pictures over 5" away from subject. It is unusable. There is only one reviewer who also saw this on his camera but I see none on Amazon's review. I spoke to Olympus and they say it is normal due to the design of the camera. I can't believe it is true to the extent that I am seeing. I believe there must be something wrong with mine. I tried different settings, etc. What do you think? ThanksAL White Spots (Orbs) in Pictures using Flash on 1030sw I am getting alot of White spots in my pictures when using a flash on my Olympus 1030sw. I seen it occasionally on my Canon Elfs and Kodaks, but... » Read More White Spots (Orbs) in Pictures using Flash on 1030sw I am getting alot of White spots in my pictures when using a flash on my Olympus 1030sw. I seen it occasionally on my Canon Elfs and Kodaks, but on this camera is is in over 3/4 of the pictures especially when taking pictures over 5" away from subject. It is unusable. There is only one reviewer who also saw this on his camera but I see none on Amazon's review. I spoke to Olympus and they say it is normal due to the design of the camera. I can't believe it is true to the extent that I am seeing. I believe there must be something wrong with mine. I tried different settings, etc. What do you think? ThanksAL « Show Less
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I have a Canon elph 750 and a elph 790 new. They are both producing orbs on my pics. My old Fuji finepix 700 does not. They are saying it's because the lens in located too close to the flash and is lighting up dust or mist in the air. My Fuji is long and the lense is far from the flash. They just got carried away with the "small" camera and someone needs to fix it. I'm returning both of these cameras and waiting till they do. It's too common of a problem for them not to address it. No one wants spots on their pictures. They show up on faces too. If anyone knows of a new camera that has fixed this problem please let us know. I have a Canon elph 750 and a elph 790 new. They are both producing orbs on my pics. My old Fuji finepix 700 does not. They are saying it's because the lens in located too close to the flash and is lighting up dust or mist in the air. My Fuji is long and the lense is far from the flash. They just got carried away with the "small" camera and someone needs to fix it. I'm returning both of these cameras and waiting till they do. It's too common of a problem for them not to address it. No one wants spots on their pictures. They show up on faces too. If anyone knows of a new camera... » Read More I have a Canon elph 750 and a elph 790 new. They are both producing orbs on my pics. My old Fuji finepix 700 does not. They are saying it's because the lens in located too close to the flash and is lighting up dust or mist in the air. My Fuji is long and the lense is far from the flash. They just got carried away with the "small" camera and someone needs to fix it. I'm returning both of these cameras and waiting till they do. It's too common of a problem for them not to address it. No one wants spots on their pictures. They show up on faces too. If anyone knows of a new camera that has fixed this problem please let us know. « Show Less
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Although most camera does have this problem, I found the Olympus SW series 1030sw/850sw does it the worse. More than 10X more often. I went to a local store and tried out a bunch of cameras, and was not able to produce it on other cameras in the few sample shots I tried on each model. But I was able to produce it 75% of the time on the Olympus under water cameras. If I was to guess, the flat glass in front of the lens to keep water out, is not well coated and produces the spots. I kept the camera for outdoors and wet environments. But I definitely give the camera a F / 1 star for indoor flash shots. Although most camera does have this problem, I found the Olympus SW series 1030sw/850sw does it the worse. More than 10X more often. I went to a local store and tried out a bunch of cameras, and was not able to produce it on other cameras in the few sample shots I tried on each model. But I was able to produce it 75% of the time on the Olympus under water cameras. If I was to guess, the flat glass in front of the lens to keep water out, is not well coated and produces the spots. I kept the camera for outdoors and wet environments. But I definitely give the camera a F / 1 star for indoor... » Read More Although most camera does have this problem, I found the Olympus SW series 1030sw/850sw does it the worse. More than 10X more often. I went to a local store and tried out a bunch of cameras, and was not able to produce it on other cameras in the few sample shots I tried on each model. But I was able to produce it 75% of the time on the Olympus under water cameras. If I was to guess, the flat glass in front of the lens to keep water out, is not well coated and produces the spots. I kept the camera for outdoors and wet environments. But I definitely give the camera a F / 1 star for indoor flash shots. « Show Less
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Not necessarily.... I can admit that there was a time when I used to get a slight orange(ish) tinge when using the flash to take a shot in a dimly lit room. HOWEVER that could have been related to software (I WAS running JB 4.1.2 back then). Since I upgraded to JB 4.3 - I haven't noticed the same tinge (then again - I'm not much of a camera phone picture taker). I just took a few shots prior to answering your question and I didn't notice any anomalies with the case on the phone :-)
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Actually just looking on the boards here I found out the answer. I had it set to Burst Mode in the settings because I was trying out all the features the week before. So even on the IA setting, it would not take photos with flash. I am sure that was somewhere in the manual or it might just be a known photography thing.
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I have not experienced a problem with flash lighting. I have taken several hundreds of pictures in various lighting conditions, but I can't remember and problems with flash lighting.
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I can tell about my experience. The noted the problem on mine too. It gives a glossy aspect to the picture. I got in contact with photodiox and they sent me a new one straight away. The second one seems to work way better, although it still happen once in a while. Since for me its just a hobby, its not a big deal but it may be a problem if you need it to work. By the way, im very pleased with the product and i believe its the only option to use the Konica AR lenses with Canon EOS.
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We have had many dissapointing 'fuzzy' pics as well. Especially indoors with the flash. Please see my review here (if they print it)! Essentially, our old 2 megapixel 'FujiFilm' cam puts the Olympus pics to shame. Maybe we got a defective unit?
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My own operates fine particularly on sunny days. The flash is decent too with clear shots of close subjects. You may have gotten a defective camera.
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I haven't narrowed down a specific time this occurs...It def occurs when using flash and in low lighting, but occurs at other times as well. Using a very good memory card, can't remember off top of head but it has tons of storage. I have not reformated, my husband keeps telling me too :)Shooting in jpeg only.Guess I'll try reformating first! That would be too easy!
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On mine at night there is a little white blur in the corner if I use the flash. I have a white case so I'm assuming it's from that. I'm not really sure how to fix it. Otherwise case and the battery are amazing I usually go 2.5 days with out a charge. Get two batteries that way you always have one fully charged at home and ready to go.
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Hi, problem probably came from the flash memory card, you may try with different one (fast one like San Disk Ultra II or Extreme III). If you still get banding on images, then it's the camera, you should return it or exchange for another one.
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Thanks for the reply. I understand it may be us, not the camera, although I've never had this problem with any other camera. May have to play with the white balance to correct the problem, at least that's what Panasonic told me. Two camera stores couldn't figure it out. Shouldn't be so complicated!
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Same thing happened to me, twice. The first one was replaced under warranty, the second one did the Same problem for me "Zoom Error" and the warranty ran out after the store replaced the first one for the same issue. Internet search has many posts from consumers that are having the same problem. Cannot send for repair to Olympus, no parts. Probably because it was a "lemon". I rarely write reviews but I am not a happy camper spending my money on junk! Also, we rarely used either one of them. It was purchased to take pics of the grandchildren. Olympus is getting back to me w/some kind of discount coupon/code to use towards another purchase. They want the receipt submitted, hope you still have yours. Same thing happened to me, twice. The first one was replaced under warranty, the second one did the Same problem for me "Zoom Error" and the warranty ran out after the store replaced the first one for the same issue. Internet search has many posts from consumers that are having the same problem. Cannot send for repair to Olympus, no parts. Probably because it was a "lemon". I rarely write reviews but I am not a happy camper spending my money on junk! Also, we rarely used either one of them. It was purchased to take pics of the grandchildren. Olympus is getting back to me... » Read More Same thing happened to me, twice. The first one was replaced under warranty, the second one did the Same problem for me "Zoom Error" and the warranty ran out after the store replaced the first one for the same issue. Internet search has many posts from consumers that are having the same problem. Cannot send for repair to Olympus, no parts. Probably because it was a "lemon". I rarely write reviews but I am not a happy camper spending my money on junk! Also, we rarely used either one of them. It was purchased to take pics of the grandchildren. Olympus is getting back to me w/some kind of discount coupon/code to use towards another purchase. They want the receipt submitted, hope you still have yours. « Show Less
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I purchased the Olympus flash made for the camera. No issues. It. Has been OK.
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I get yellow stripes in my photos. I do not know if I am using it incorrectly but I have yet to get a clear picture. I have used it for a while now and if I had to buy it again I probably would not.
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don't use flash if I can help it, I like available light when I can. Olympus lights are a little high.
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Would not go so far as to say it is normal, only that it has been experienced before :) and at least in my case has not apparently affected operation of the camera. However, for all I know this could have something to do with the fact that this camera has trouble staying in focus taking video sometimes. I'll never know - it's out of warranty now and there are still more pros than cons versus the alternatives available at the time so I'd have kept it anyway. :)
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I purchased a D5000 in July and have been very satisfied with it. Great camera. I recently received an email from Nikon about this problem. My s# is 304**** and they say it has the problem. I haven't sent it in yet. I'm having a problem with fixing something that works fine.