Soft pictures? I think somethings wrong..but I am ot sure.

[photowife]

Hi again. So far you all have fixed all my problems..lets try this one. I've taken about 100 pictures with my S2 this morning, and I thought they looked a little soft. I cane here to see if anyone else had this problem, and it seem like a lot have. Now let me first say I am using a Tamron 28-80 f5.6 lense ot 400iso. I was shooting in my house with no flash, and most pictures were taking at 30 or40 and I was not using a tripod (but with a film camera, I know I would have been ok on this). In film I normally shoot at a lower ISO than the film is rated, because I like soft pictures, but this just looks to soft. I will try to post some pictures in color of close ups, but here is one. Is it just me?

[Ramses]

Hello,
Did you count in the factor caused by CCD size? The 1.5 factor on focal length causes also movement/shake blur to be increased. Using e.g. 28mm focal length on S2 is equal to 42mm on 135-film camera. Did you match your shutter speeds to this?

BTW, this is also the reason why the viewfinder image is smaller on a camera that is based on film camera.

[photowife]

mind you this was just me playing around.

[photowife]

and I noticed in my above picture of my dog that her foot (closest to me) was about the only sharp thing in the picture. Could this be from my Custom Settings having had the closest-subject-priority dynamic AF at S-AF mode enabled? I think the other one (c-AF) was already disabled. I'm going to try more tomorrow. I want this camera to work so badley, but I only have till Moday to return it if it is unsaticfactory. Has anyone had better luck with a second camera body?

[puglover]

I have been having the same frustrating problems with my S2... I have done so many tests trying to figure out if it is me or the camera and I think it might be the camera. The picture of your dog where the foot and front of the chair is in focus and not the dog is the exact problem I am having. I have disabled the 'closest subject priority' in the C and S mode and it hasn't helped. It seems that the focus in my images always seems to be just infront of where I actually place the focus point. I realize the camera shake problem and have taken shutter speed into account and I still get the same results. I have noticed that the focus does not actually lock when the shutter is held down halfway - it will move a lot of the time and I think this could be part of the problem - but the focus still misses even when i don't hold down the shutter and recompose. I read about this 'predictive motion tracking' in the manual, but there is only one sentence about it - so i don't know if that is part of the problem. I have already contacted fuji about a loaner so that i can send them my camera for a possible repair.

My images come out soft regardless of whether i use my 50mm 1.4 lens or my 28-200 3.5/5.6 lens and it doesn't seem to matter if it is direct sun with plenty of light, or indoor flash - whatever. I am hoping that the camera needs repair and that it is not just me being a complete idiot. Did you figure anything out with yours?

[photowife]

I was still under the 7 day return policy, so I sent mine back for them to send me another one. it just seemed like the people on this forum and others that got a second body, or sent theirs back to fuji for adjustment were later saticfied...I will keep you informed. let me know what fuji does to help you...it will be good for future reference.

[puglover]

I never really got to discuss it with anyone at fuji - but they are calling tomorrow to set things up - they are sending me a loaner so that i can send mine in for repair. Seems like this is a common problem with the camera and it just needs some adjustment - i really hope that is the case. I will keep you posted!:)

[HairyHaggis]

Hi there, how was your camera once it was returned to you. I have just sent mine back under the same criteria, and lens configuration.

TIA

[puglover]

The loaner seemed to work better than my replacement - since they gave me a new camera body... I am still doing some tests to see for sure - but overall I am still dissatisfied with the camera. I hope that I don't have to send this one back too. The autofocus just really seems to struggle - even in bright sunlight. And doing wedding photography and live music shows doesn't give me time to use the manual focus...:( I'll keep you posted.

[HairyHaggis]

Thank you

:)

[abatarphoto]

My S2 is OK now

My 3 month old S2Pro had a slight backfocus problem. I call Fuji rep and they want me to visit them at once with my camera . It was fixed in 1 hour, I took a lunchbrake while waiting.
They calibrate the software for focus in the S2 camera, and now it´s OK

I live in Sweden / Europe and my local Fuji rep. is in Capital Town Stockholm, 1 1/2 hour from where I live. I hope you guys find yor local Fuji rep and get that fixed.

Best Regards

Attach file is from 100% 12mpix Jpeg fine/mode with excellent sharpness at last!

[neville stanikk]

I've found my way here, seemingly like many others, because I simply can't get a sharp picture from my S2. I've received all the advice that everyone else has received but the most interesting thing I've seen is the e-mail that Hairy Haggis (his post is on the companion thread about softness to this one) received from Fuji UK which goes:

"The issue of 'sharpness' on the S2 discussed by many photographers is unfortunately a misunderstanding on their part. The S2 has been designed, on the advice of professional photographers, to produce an unsharp image which when corrected via post production gives a very sharp image. "

So has anyone discovered exactly what "correction via post production" is needed to produce a sharp result? Or, like many others of you, should I just demand a replacement?

And the people who had their S2s SUCCESSFULLY "sharpened", what did Fuji DO the cameras? WHAT was wrong with them?

Nev

[puglover]

sorry to be so blunt but i am beyond frustration with this camera! I have already had it replaced once - still have the same problems. Apparently there are quite a few 'bad batches' - i guess i was lucky enough to get two bad ones. Talk to Fuji about your problem and see what they'll do - they replaced mine...the loaner they gave me in the meantime seemed to work great for the few days I had it...unfortunately I sent it back to them before fully testing my new one. I should have kept the dang loaner.:rolleyes: