I have a problem with excessive grain in my digital photos when I use a flash. Here's a link to an example of the grain I am seeing.
I have an Olympus SP-510UZ. Outdoor shots look great but indoor shots with a flash or without are terrible. I can understand indoor shots being grainy without a flash because the camera increases the ISO pretty high. However, the example photo I posted was shot at ISO 400 which should have a pretty good grain. Below is the EXIF info for this shot. Is is simpl a matter of using a lower ISO indoors? When I used 35mm film I got pretty good results at ISO 400. Any suggestions is helpful?
EXIF Information
ImageDescription : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Make : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model : SP510UZ
XResolution : 72/1
YResolution : 72/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
Software : Version 1.0
DateTime : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
YCbCrPositioning : co-sited
ExifInfoOffset : 1084
CustomRendered : Normal process
ExposureMode : Auto
WhiteBalance : Auto
DigitalZoomRatio : 0/100
SceneCaptureType : Standard
GainControl : High gain up
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Normal
PrintIM IFD : 690Bytes
Print Image Matching Info
Version : 0300
Unknown (0001) : 14 00 14 00
Unknown (0002) : 01 00 00 00
Unknown (0003) : EE 00 00 00
Unknown (0007) : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (0008) : 00 00 00 00
Contrast : 0 (-128`127)
Brightness : 0 (-128`127)
ColorBalance : 36 01 00 00
Saturation : 00 00 00 00
Sharpness : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (000E) : 4E 01 00 00
Unknown (0010) : 5E 01 00 00
Unknown (0020) : 52 02 00 00
Unknown (0100) : 03 00 00 00
Unknown (0101) : FF 00 00 00
Unknown (0102) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0103) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0104) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0105) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0106) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0107) : 80 80 80 00
Sub Information
ExposureTime : 1/200Sec
FNumber : F3.3
ExposureProgram : Program Normal
ISOSpeedRatings : 400
ExifVersion : 0221
DateTimeOriginal : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
DateTimeDigitized : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel : 2/1 (bit/pixel)
ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0
MaxApertureValue : F2.8
MeteringMode : Division
LightSource : Unidentified
Flash : Fired(Auto)
FocalLength : 14.20(mm)
MakerNote : Olympus Format : 2008Bytes (Offset:1466)
UserComment :
FlashPixVersion : 0100
ColorSpace : sRGB
ExifImageWidth : 2304
ExifImageHeight : 3072
FileSource : DSC
SceneType : A directly photographed image
Compression : OLDJPEG
XResolution : 72/1
YResolution : 72/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
JPEGInterchangeFormat : 3682
JPEGInterchangeFormatLength : 4764
I have an Olympus SP-510UZ. Outdoor shots look great but indoor shots with a flash or without are terrible. I can understand indoor shots being grainy without a flash because the camera increases the ISO pretty high. However, the example photo I posted was shot at ISO 400 which should have a pretty good grain. Below is the EXIF info for this shot. Is is simpl a matter of using a lower ISO indoors? When I used 35mm film I got pretty good results at ISO 400. Any suggestions is helpful?
EXIF Information
ImageDescription : OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Make : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model : SP510UZ
XResolution : 72/1
YResolution : 72/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
Software : Version 1.0
DateTime : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
YCbCrPositioning : co-sited
ExifInfoOffset : 1084
CustomRendered : Normal process
ExposureMode : Auto
WhiteBalance : Auto
DigitalZoomRatio : 0/100
SceneCaptureType : Standard
GainControl : High gain up
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Normal
PrintIM IFD : 690Bytes
Print Image Matching Info
Version : 0300
Unknown (0001) : 14 00 14 00
Unknown (0002) : 01 00 00 00
Unknown (0003) : EE 00 00 00
Unknown (0007) : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (0008) : 00 00 00 00
Contrast : 0 (-128`127)
Brightness : 0 (-128`127)
ColorBalance : 36 01 00 00
Saturation : 00 00 00 00
Sharpness : 00 00 00 00
Unknown (000E) : 4E 01 00 00
Unknown (0010) : 5E 01 00 00
Unknown (0020) : 52 02 00 00
Unknown (0100) : 03 00 00 00
Unknown (0101) : FF 00 00 00
Unknown (0102) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0103) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0104) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0105) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0106) : 83 00 00 00
Unknown (0107) : 80 80 80 00
Sub Information
ExposureTime : 1/200Sec
FNumber : F3.3
ExposureProgram : Program Normal
ISOSpeedRatings : 400
ExifVersion : 0221
DateTimeOriginal : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
DateTimeDigitized : 2007:11:22 18:45:57
ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel : 2/1 (bit/pixel)
ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0
MaxApertureValue : F2.8
MeteringMode : Division
LightSource : Unidentified
Flash : Fired(Auto)
FocalLength : 14.20(mm)
MakerNote : Olympus Format : 2008Bytes (Offset:1466)
UserComment :
FlashPixVersion : 0100
ColorSpace : sRGB
ExifImageWidth : 2304
ExifImageHeight : 3072
FileSource : DSC
SceneType : A directly photographed image
Compression : OLDJPEG
XResolution : 72/1
YResolution : 72/1
ResolutionUnit : Inch
JPEGInterchangeFormat : 3682
JPEGInterchangeFormatLength : 4764