I am curious if other owners have gotten poor-quality photos at full optical zoom. My pictures are turning out looking quite strange.
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No issue with the full 20x optical zoom. Suggest that you run a test under ideal condition i.e. with the camera on a tripod. You will get degradation when using the digital zoom at or near the max zoom.
1711776
I suspect what you're describing are image distortion artifacts such as "pixellation" (zoomed out image almost looks composed of little blurry squares) & "fringing" (that blue or purple aura along the edges of distant objects). Although a good tripod can improve your focus, it won't eliminate these. Also, for my own camera, instead of using a bulky tripod I use a "mono pod" which helps greatly with point & shoot focus but is much easier to carry.
1711777
I seem to get great photos at full optical zoom if i hold the camera very steady. Maybe you should try using a tripod
1711778
If I use full zoom (optical and digital combined is 50-80x) then yes, the images will be soft or pixelated. You might want to make sure you are also shooting with enough light, then you can lower your shutter speed. That will help with the fuzziness as well. I have mine set at 400 or 800 because I don't want to miss action shots, but then I need full sun or light. The more zoom you use the more soft the images will become. But I don't think it's any worse than other super zooms.
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I too have one of these that has the same problem. Seems like Olympus should do something about this problem as it seems to be more common than one would think. I have cleaned mine, blew it out etc and nothing works. Just keep getting the zoom error. I agree that their diagnotic check is way too high. Maybe a class action suit would take care of our problem??
1158269
Nope- its a horrible camera. I had the same problem. The only way to zoom is move the camera itself.
880641
Did you ever resolve the problem? I'm having the same problem. I can't get a quality picture something standing perfectly still - like my christmas tree! My ISO is set to 100.
767144
I have the same blurry problem, I think that I got a faulty camera. About 1 in 4 pictures are usable, this camera was a waste of money. Mount Fuji! eat my shorts! My cannon elph sd200 which is 3 years older takes far superior pictures and is 3.2 Mega pixels. Causing me to learn, its not the megapixels that matter.
627457
I haven't had as much luck getting it to take good close up pictures as I have with action, low-light and zoom shots. However, that could be user error. I'm not a seasoned photographer. My close ups are always blurry, though.
1259983
Mine are blurry and yellow; slow for movement- not much luck with that setting. New to the Cyber-shot, would love the pictures to come out; for we have daughters that play basketball
1080981
check your lens for fingerprints. Got a bunch of pix one time blurry because of that.
1215025
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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yeah, it's not a great camera to begin with and it's probably breathed it's last breath. My camera has always been blurry and I've been disappointed with it. It's dead
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Ben, the images out of the SX200 are not blurry at all, even in low light conditions due to the wonderful stabilizer.I was worried at first, then I printed out some pics 8 X10 and WOWWWWWWWI do not miss the Superfine anymore. In addition to that, now I am able to email full resolution pics :)I am still an S80 owner. The SX200 is much faster in everything even zooming at max and in low light conditions.
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I have had problems with this camera, doing things like that. Seems like a good little camera if you don't try to zoom but the image stability feature doesn't work well. Any zoom at all and the picture blurs. I have found that if I want to take pictures that are going to need zoom then I take it on the highest number pixel available and use a program to zoom in on the part that I want, later.
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I am a Nikon user. So I can only give my experiences as a Nikon full frame user. maybe this can help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe1VkIzi6OI .
2096660
I have only used mine once. I am finding it is kinda a joke to use. I would love to return it. Or even sell it..But other then that it is good for someone who loves to take photos from afar.
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First, I'm in the market to buy this camera, I don't own one. I'm not trying to complain about the posts so far, but I'm wondering if you are simply using the auto mode when indoors, or have you tried other modes (Indoor Mode), ISO speeds, etc that the camera comes equipped with? If the images are "VERY POOR", what exactly have you tested? (Others report indoor images have been good).
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sorry don't rember ever having that problem ?? but i'll look in the manual tomorrow!! doyou have a correct lens on?
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I haven't written a review, and haven't even read the other reviews (yet), but I am *definitely* having the soft focus and out of focus problems you are referring to. I can take 10 consecutive pictures - same lighting/angle, etc. and maybe one will be a good picture, 4 not so good, and 5 completely unusable. I wonder if certain models cause this, or if some of these were just defective. I bought because of all the positive reviews, but wish I would've spoke up when I first received my camera.