And lo on Mon, 12 May 2008 16:11:42 +0100, Jim Charter <jrcsurvey [at] msncom>  
did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>  Well it does seem to keep it stable, I have to use the burst for such   
>> things and hope at least one comes out okay. Is it me though or do  
>> they  seem a bit noisy close-up?
>
> Yes there are far too many variables for this to be a useful test.  It  
> was more a matter of basic proof of concept, can I snap a shot from a  
> moving car or in low light and get something even remotely useful?

So that would be a yes.

> Previously, this was not possible.  And yes, next I will try some shots  
> 'in the field' with side by side comparisons of SR turned on and off.

Reading from Jim H and below why not get a Flickr or Picasa account and  
stick them all up their?

> Understaning the noise and jpeg artifacting will require me to boost my  
> understanding of how digital imaging and how these digital cameras work  
> by a factor of 1000 at least! But it seems to me that focus, exposure,  
> and what is probably some sort of automatic digital filtering applied by  
> the camera's various exposure 'modes' are all factors in this.

Heh I would suggest reading the manual, but having read about five or six  
for various models I won't say that'll be any help. They barely tell you  
what the camera does let alone how it actually works :-)

>  Further, these shots were cropped, resized, and saved from Photoshop at  
> different jpeg 'quality levels' in order to get a file < 1 Mb each time.

Well yeah that'll do it :-)

>  In general the texture in the the foreground pavement seemed to be the  
> most sensitive to artifacting and is what I kept my eye on when resaving  
> the images.
>
> Since I used fully automatic settings, how the camera acquires a focus  
> automatically a factor I think.

Had a quick Google and it seems a standard multi-point focus with face  
recognition. So it should spot faces and try to focus on and expose them  
all automatically. I'd have thought that might cause a problem with delay  
if you're moving, but your test photos look fine

-- 
Phil Cook

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