Frustration with G1 - cant get decent pictures

Hm, seems like the depth of field is just shallower on the G1?

 

Can you post your exif data? It would be very helpful. Could you also post the un-cropped versions of the images. We need to see what's happening from the original file size.
Thanks....shooter

 

Yes, looks the same to me.

Maybe try shooting in aperture-priority mode for a while, comparing if you like the stopped-down shots more?

 

Looks like the aperture was set to wide open at minimum focus distance... if it is then it will really give you a really thin depth of field.

Your old point-and-shoot wouldn't have that problem. It uses a way smaller sensor than the G1 and that's the reason why it has so much depth of field.

As for the colors, I'm not sure but it seems like it's just JPEG processing. The JPEGs on the point and shoot are processed to have more saturated colors (typical for point and shoots) than the G1.

Take note that the G1 is a different camera altogether than the TZ1. Go shoot with where you're comfortable with, not with what you want to want

 

1st issue is your +0.33 EV setting....go the other direction and set the camera to -0.3
That will clear up the color exposure issues.
Did you have the IS on? if you were at 1/100 sec at 90mm...your close to the blur from camera shake. As you are that close, it could be that...it would be barely visible but still create a problem with sharpness.

 

It would be by nature of the lens. With the much smaller sensor in the TZ1, you are shooting with a much wider focal length and therefore have more depth of field.

The problem with the images is that there is no specific focal point and the AF doesn't know what to focus on. Having the pot at an angle makes matters worse.

 

Agreed, you chose a difficult test subject. The flowers might be blowing in the breeze that picked up the same moment you tried the G1 ! More controlled conditions might make it easier to figure out what's going on.

 

oh... then you still have to contend with the focus distance. I think even at F8 but at a close focus distance, the DOF is quite small

Peter and retnull gave good points on the AF. Assuming you're not using center-AF, the AF might just go and focus on wherever. The combination of both thin DOF with a chaotic subject that goes both horizontally and vertically is a hard task for contrast detect AF... and a harder task for multi-AF.

If it was center-AF though then it must have been really fooled by the subject.

Now if you place a smiley on the center flower and turn on the Face detect, that might make it easier for the camera

 

igi, have you tried that on the street? I'd be interested in knowing how it works.....

 

Go into a shop and try another G1 side by side with yours?

 

Something else I see, that you want to adjust.
Your AWB can be adjusted for off color whites. The Concrete has a purple cast.
With you camera on and ready to take a picture, press the right 4way button, make sure it is on AWB and now press the down 4way button, and adjust it take out the magenta cast that is very heavy in your images... look at the concrete.. it tells the magenta story. Take a few images and how it looks until you get it right.

My G1 had a slight blue cast, and I did this adjustment, and now, it is my default adj.
My colors are now "perfect" imo.

For close up flower images, try f/11-16 instead of f/8. f/8 at close distances is not enough... you need about 1-2 feet of DOF for large flower arrangements that have different heights in the flowers that, a 14-17 focal would work better.

 

There was a time that I was going to shoot somebody and the camera kept focusing at a huge toothpaste billboard several hundred feet away