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Problems with Canon Powershot SD600

by priolkar Sep 26, 2006 12:21PM PDT

Hi, I have just bought Canon POwershot SD600 2 days back. I have a problem with the images I have clicked. They have been clicked in broad daylight, but they are not very sharp, some of them are grainy and some of them seem to be oversaturated with color making it look unreal. There seems to be some focussing problem too. I shot them with auto-mode. Are there some additional settings I need to do ?
Thanks
Siddharth

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Canon SD600
by snapshot2 Forum moderator Sep 27, 2006 12:16AM PDT

The problems you list are certainly not normal for that camera.

But the description fits the problem of a fingerprint on the lens.

Look carefully at the front of the lens and see if you find a fingerprint on the glass.

Use a soft cotton cloth and your breath to clean the lens.

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by vicliner Mar 19, 2007 2:39PM PDT

I, too, am having very similar problems to the one's you have described. Grainy pics and focusing problems. I am not overly camera savy and thought it maybe something i'm doing incorrectly or maybe have it on the wrong settings (I keep in auto mode and have played with the settings hoping it would have helped). The picture quality I've experienced, thus far, is among the worst i've seen. Can someone help me?

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by vicliner Mar 20, 2007 3:30AM PDT

Also in the bottom left corner of the display, I sometimes get a small picture of a red camera with two curved red lines on each side. What is this telling me? I can't find it in the manual.
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Canon SD600
by snapshot2 Forum moderator Mar 20, 2007 6:30AM PDT

The red camera icon is a shake warning.

Look at your ADVANCED Camera User Manual, page 95.

This indicates that there is not enough light to take a photo unless you use a tripod to support the camera.

My guess is...you have the flash turned off.
First make sure that the flash is in auto mode.
Then it will flash when the available light is low.
To see how to set the flash to "Auto" go to page 9 of the
BASIC Camera User Guide.

This is likely the cause of your bad photos.
When photographing in low light situations,
with the flash turned off;
the camera must select a very slow shutter speed.
Any shutter speed slower than 1/60th of a second will likely result in a blurred photo.

If you want to shoot in low light without a flash.....you need to support the camera with a tripod to prevent camera movement.

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grainy images on canon SD600
by BigBabaBig Dec 14, 2009 10:47AM PST

I have had this camera for about 3 years now and recently started having this same problem-very grainy images, even with a tripod. If I have a flash inside, it comes out very contrasty. I am concerned there is some issue with the CCD.

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