FujiFilm vs Canon picture quality

[gabriel_bahnareanu]

<p>Hi fellows,<br>

I'm an amateur and I faced this problem regarding quality of pictures with my digital cameras.<br>

So, I have for many years a <a href="https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/cameras/support-point-and-shoot/powershot-sd-elph-series/powershot-sd750-silver">Canon PowerShot SD750</a> and I was satisfied with the quality of the pictures (related to this kind of camera).<br>

Two years ago I bought a <a href="http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/s/finepix_hs50exr/">Fujifilm Finepix HS50 EXR</a> camera but I'm not quite satisfied with pictures quality.<br>

To illustrate, I upload part of 2 pictures representing a rose taken with macro option on both cameras.<br>

Canon:<br>

<img src="http://gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/canon.png" alt="" /></p>

<p> Fujifilm:<br>

<img src="http://gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/fuji.png" alt="" /><br>

For me, the Canon picture (the first one) is more suitable than Fujifilm picture (the second).<br>

Now, I'd like to know from you if it's about hardware (like sensor) or software (like conversion to jpg).<br>

Thank you!<br>

Gabriel</p>

[wogears]

<p>What tripod were you using? :)<br>

That is, both of these are out of focus, so it's very difficult to compare.</p>

[Tim_Lookingbill]

<p>And were you shooting jpeg or Raw?</p>

<p>I've seen jpeg settings give the edge artifacts I see in the FujiFilm version. It looks quite close to what I got on a Fuji F10 P&S which didn't have a Raw option. I shot high quality jpeg, turned noise reduction off and adjusted sharpening to get better results.</p><div></div>

[SCL]

<p>You don't really describe the "quality" which you are having an issue with...is it color rendition, background blur, focus, overall image sharpness? Each digital camera will render slightly differently than another brand, but when side by side tested in controlled shooting and post processing, often those differences are barely distinguishable from one another except by design - be it the sensor used, the internal software, the lens design, handling of color balance, etc. Give us more specific details and you'll find lots of input.</p>

[Jochen_S]

<p>I'm not really familiar with modern tiny sensor cameras. - The old ones did well or "acceptable" up to maybe 6MP. - I can't get rid of the feeling that additional MP subdivided out of those tiny sensors are basically just data junk. At least the lenses used don't really provide enough resolution.<br>

To me the Fuji image you uploaded seems even less in focus than the Canon one and I can agree upon the Canon color rendering looking better on this uncalibrated screen here. But as others already mentioned: Either check out what you could get out of RAW files from both (if they are an option) or at least toggle or bracket "film simulations" in the Fuji, until you know which might (almost) please you most likely.<br>

At the end of all days things boil down to: Do a fair comparison first and spend some time to find the right setting. If you are forced to shoot JPGs and become convinced "there really is none": Resell the camera.<br>

I would expect Fuji to have a nice image rendering software in any camera they are selling but I only have a pair of their MILCs, so I can't tell for sure.</p>

[gabriel_bahnareanu]

<p>Thank you all for responses!<br>

Now, I'll add some details based on your inquiries.<br>

First of all, after posting, I've noticed that pictures are smaller. So here's the links:<br>

1) for part pictures:<br>

http://www.gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/fuji.png<br>

http://www.gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/canon.png<br>

2) for full pictures:<br>

http://www.gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/DSCF4013.JPG (it's Fujifilm)<br>

http://www.gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/IMG_5026.JPG (it's Canon)<br>

The pictures are taken with no tripod, with camera in hand.<br>

The format is jpg (if you see above a png it's only for the captures of screen saved via MS Paint)<br>

Fujifilm pictures settings:<br>

I used "FINE" setting for the quality of image (available settings are: FINE; NORMAL; FINE+RAW; NORMAL+RAW; RAW)<br>

For sharpness the setting was +2 HARD (available settings: +2 HARD; 0 STANDARD; -2 SOFT)<br>

As for noise reduction I used +2 HIGH (available settings: +2 HIGH; 0 STANDARD; -2 LOW)<br>

What bothers me at Fujifilm are the "bubbles" that appear between different objects:<br>

<img src="http://www.gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/bubbles1.png" alt="bubbles" /><br>

I hope that details will help.</p>

[lwg]

<p>The issue is your settings. The HARD sharpness and HIGH noise reduction will create the bubble look. I never shoot JPEG because it's hard to get all the settings correct at the time the shutter is pressed, so you might want to try shooting in RAW. If you want JPEGs I'd reset things back to the factory defaults and do further sharpening in a decent image editor.</p>

[gabriel_bahnareanu]

<p>Thank you L G! I'll try your tips.<br>

The problem to me with RAW format is this increases the time between shots due to a longer time needed to save RAW pictures (around 24 MB per picture). I use a SDHC Transcend 30 MB/s 200 x SDHC Class 10:</p>

<p><img src="http://gabriel.bahnareanu.ro/sdhc.png" alt="" /><br>

<a href="http://www.transcend-info.com/Products/No-336">Product page</a></p>

 

[Tim_Lookingbill]

<p>I looked up the two cameras and noticed the Canon is 7MP on a 1/2.5 sensor and the Fujifilm is 16MP on about the same size (SMALL) sensor. You shot the Canon at ISO 80 (low noise) and the Fujifilm at ISO 320 (high noise).</p>

<p>You're now not comparing apples to apples. Shoot the Fujifilm at the same ISO as the Canon, adjust the incamera sharpening/noise jpeg settings as suggested to make a better comparison. </p>

<p>I found this site's image sample of the Fujifilm camera shot at ISO400 to have less artifacts than yours... http://img.photographyblog.com/reviews/fujifilm_finepix_hs50exr/sample_images/fujifilm_finepix_hs50exr_11.jpg</p>

<p>I'll bet the difference in the appearance of tiny bubbles as you describe in your Fujifilm sample has a lot to do with the sharpening/noise reduction settings.</p>

[gabriel_bahnareanu]

<p>Thank you Tim for the response.<br>

As I said, I'm an amateur and usually I keep many settings on AUTO (this is the case for ISO settings).<br>

I'll try also your tips.<br>

I'll post some results in a few days.</p>