Cannon S5 Question

**pitc9** · 02-06-2008, 01:18 PM

I know I should just read my book that came with my camera.. but truth be told... my dog ate it.

For real.

Here's my question:
When I use the sports setting my pictures are grainy.
Here's are a few examples:

Is this the best I'm going to get out of the sports setting??
Or am I being too picky.

**Husky_mom** · 02-06-2008, 01:31 PM

I find sport mode is grainy....

what I found useful is using it on manual mode.... and just settign the shutter speed higher so it´s faster.... but you´ll have to adjust the aperture also....

or you can just use the Tv mode, set a spedd of 150-200 which is pretty good.... but you can try different speeds....fo different needs.... and tv will adjust the aperture but you might need the flash in certain shots.......

**Shelteez2** · 02-06-2008, 01:36 PM

I don't know much about the camera in question, but the reason you are getting grainy pics is because the pics are indoors. Sportsmode automatically sets the camera at a high shutter speed, and indoors there is not enough light for such a high shutter speed. You would need to widen the aperature to let more light in. I don't know if that's possible on this camera. Also the flash doesn't go off in sportsmode.
You would get really clear pics outdoors in good light with that mode.

**Husky_mom** · 02-06-2008, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Shelteez2

I don't know much about the camera in question, but the reason you are getting grainy pics is because the pics are indoors. Sportsmode automatically sets the camera at a high shutter speed, and indoors there is not enough light for such a high shutter speed. You would need to widen the aperature to let more light in. I don't know if that's possible on this camera. Also the flash doesn't go off in sportsmode.
You would get really clear pics outdoors in good light with that mode.

actually I´ve taken outside pics in sports and they still come out grainy...

yes you can adjust the aperture speed... using it in av or manual modes....

but it´s better to play around and see what best fits your needs.... maybe a 350 speed and 3.5 aperture is too much... sometimes 125 speed does the trick....sometimes 600 or even 1200 speed... but it really depends on what you ´ll like your pics to come up as....

example with higher speed you can get flowing water to look freeze on mid air.. while lower may seem as it is flowing and leaving a "trace cast"

**Argranade** · 02-06-2008, 03:30 PM

I have a canon S3 so I hope I can help.

Sports mode is mostly for outdoors like biking, racing ect...

I'd use auto for those indoor shots & put the ISO up to high or 200 if you must.

Don't put the ISO on too high or your photos will end up grainy unless it's outdoors.

Like said you may also adjust the shutter speed on other modes but you might have to read about it first.

**binka_nugget** · 02-06-2008, 03:44 PM

I don't have that camera but have a Canon A75 and Canon Rebel XT, so I'd imagine it would also have a Manual mode. If that's the case, try playing around in that mode instead of using the sports setting.

It's likely your ISO is set to a higher number. If you were to use ISO 100 instead of ISO 400, your pictures would be less grainier but also darker. To make up for the darkness, you will have to lower your shutter speed and pick a lower aperture number (for example, F/2.8 instead of F/8). You can only lower your shutter speed so much before everything is a blur, however. And there's only so many choices for apertures. If things are still dark, you *may* have to bump up the ISO to something like 200 but but that's a heck of a lot better than 400.

You can also use flash so that you can lower your ISO without having to worry about playing around with the other settings.