Grainy pictures When I put the pictures I have taken on the tv screen and try to crop them they appear grainy. Do I have the setting on the camera wrong. I have a Canon Powershot S51S? Also I have a hand that is showing on my screen when I turn my camera on. I cannot find it in the manual. Thanks

You may have the ISO setting too high.
Try ISO 200

have you tried resetting the pixel setting for the screen
that is what causes grainy screens

If you are taking pictures in low-lighting conditions without flash, then the pictures will appear grainy. Set the ISO to a lower number (try ISO-100 to start with) and use the flash to compensate for low-light conditions.
This should improve the grainy appearance of your photos.

They have not changed size...only viewing perspective. They will print exactly like the horizontal pics.

Without ISO you will not be able to take pictures.
ISO is the old ASA which is related to film speed
ISO 50 is very slow film speed and may result in blur and some grainy appearance , same as if you PUSHED ISO up to 800 in low light.

Try setting it to ISO 100 and see if that helps.

You can still select auto, but its related to either shutter or aperture priority in relation to the set film speed ( now ISO 100)

There are many settings which may have been accidentally changed. I suggest that the easiest way for you to go back the factory settings would be to use the "reset" facility on the menu options. This will reset the camera to the way it was when it came from the factory. Following this, you may need to reset the date and time. Alternatively, you can leave the batteries out of the camera for a few days, and this will cause it to lose any settings, forcing a factory reset.

The grainy effect has to do do with the ISO setting, try adjusting that. A higher ISO is generally better for darker conditions. I have noticed that this camera frequently takes grainy images.

It may have something to do with your settings.

Press the button with the diamond on it (at the bottom right hand cornner)

• there will be a variety of different options that will help you take pictures in various conditions

In picture mode, press the ok button

• go down to "awb" for more configurations and settings dealing with your conditions

(I might recomend the use of a tri-pod to hold it steady)
----John

Hey missy0528,
There are a few reasons your images might be grainy, one of which is your image quality is set to low. I would always have the camera set to the highest resolution possible, because you can always reduce the size of an image but you can never make it bigger. Another cause of grainy images in digital cameras is the sensitivity of the camera (ISO) is set to high. Since you are only seeing grainy images when you use the zoom the reason for the grainy images is most likely do to using the digital zoom. All a digital zoom does is crop the image much as you can do in some computer applications, and by doing this you greatly reduce your image quality. I would never use a digital zoom. Your camera has a 5x optical zoom and a 5.6x digital zoom. I would only use the optical zoom. I hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Allan
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it could be a problem with CCD, and that can just be replaced in a service centre.