Issue with D5200. Please Help.

richardmenezes

New member
Hi Everyone,

I am facing a weird issue with my Nikon D5200. I have started to see grains in the Live view and in the pictures. Have attached 2 sample pic.

Generally when I start taking pic the initial 15-20 pics come fine. However suddenly the grain/lines start showing up on the live view and on the pics. I have tried to blow out dust as well as tried the "Clean image sensor" from the menu, but no success.

Has anyone faced this issue before? Or has idea how to fix it?

Regards,
Richard.
 

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mikew_RIP

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Welcome to the forum,no idea about your problem unless its related to the type of pictures you posted,does it happen with normal exposures.
 
Are you saying that the shot is grainy? The two shots you showed us are extremely underexposed and will always be grainy.

We need information on how you are shooting. What ISO? What mode? Auto? Manual? RAW or JPEG?

Post the EXIF data with a photo that you shoot outdoors in the sun.
 

richardmenezes

New member
Are you saying that the shot is grainy? The two shots you showed us are extremely underexposed and will always be grainy.

We need information on how you are shooting. What ISO? What mode? Auto? Manual? RAW or JPEG?

Post the EXIF data with a photo that you shoot outdoors in the sun.

Well the images were shot at night. ISO 100 and stutter speed of 2-4 sec. I did get some pretty clear pics as my objective was to get the light bulbs in dark. But then the grain/lines stared showing up. The grain you are seeing are not due to ISO. Had tried one with flash as well but similar result (Have deleted that else would have uploaded that).
Here is a pic to compare before the grains showed up. Same/similar ISO, exposure and shutter speed.


Will be trying to capture some pics in the sun tomorrow.

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The grain is due to under exposure. The camera is trying to expose to get the dark area visible. You need to cut the exposure I would bet the exposure on the last shot is less
 

J-see

Senior Member
Do you have spot or center metering on? If, when you focus on a light source, the cam tends to darken out the rest in an attempt to normalize the light.

Edit; just checked the before image. That's different indeed. Grain shouldn't pop up for no reason if the settings remain identical.

I overexposed that correct image in LR by 5 and it's not identical to your grainy ones so I doubt it's just overexposure:

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J-see

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The only manner to somewhat get a similar image is when I start messing with the cam calibration in LR. Not sure if something goes on there but what I do know is that the blue channel is related to noise and the higher you push that, the more any noise will become visible.
 
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richardmenezes

New member
I can understand the grain part in night. But greening of pics and lines/grain appering in pics and also the flickering/lines on the screen while trying to shoot. Thats very odd. In my past 6 months of using the cam this never happened.

I will be shooting tomorrow during the day and share the pics.
 

J-see

Senior Member
If you shoot identical pictures, they should remain identical. If suddenly they fall apart in noise without you changing settings, it can't be else but the cam having an issue. There's also hardly any contrast in those shots and it's as if you killed all shadows too. If you're not doing any of that, somethings going wrong in the cam.

I'd put the cam on a pod and start shooting the same shot. If it starts goofing up after x amount of shots, you might not know what it is but you'll know for sure there is something wrong and how to replicate it so they can get it fixed. You best know exactly when it fails when you send it in for repairs -should that be needed- else you might get it back with a "could not replicate" note.

To add: if your warranty no longer covers eventual repairs, it would maybe be a good thing to first ask what it'll cost before sending it in. If it should be the sensor or any critical part, those costs could run high. But first test if it really is a cam failure.
 
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flipperzoom

Senior Member
it may sound stupid but if the grain is random and it its after specific amount of pictures then there is a possibility the memory card you are using has bad sectors which do not allow the full image data to be written on it.

Also if its after a X ammount of shots, try taking the same ammount with larger intervals to see if it has something to do with continues camera usage.

Do you shoot in raw?
 

J-see

Senior Member
Make indeed sure you format the card each go. Always adding and deleting shots without formatting is asking for problems. Maybe the card has little to do with it but to be sure, format it or use another and rule that out.
 

Eyelight

Senior Member
If you are using Live View for an extended period, the circuitry gets warmed up and weird stuff happens.

From the manual:

Live view may end automatically to prevent damage to the camera’s internal circuits; exit live
view when the camera is not in use. Note that the temperature of the camera’s internal
circuits may rise and noise (bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, or fog) may be
displayed in the following instances (the camera may also become noticeably warm, but this
does not indicate a malfunction):
• The ambient temperature is high
• The camera has been used for extended periods in live view or to record movies
• The camera has been used in continuous release mode for extended periods
If live view does not start when you attempt to start live view, wait for the internal circuits to
cool and then try again.

Little lights, but they are bright little lights, so may not be the best thing for the sensor to be pointed at for an extended time either.
 

Sandpatch

Senior Member
I sense that you'll also have a difficult time explaining to Nikon what is happening because the subject matter is unusual and somewhat extreme. I'm a bit uncertain of what you are trying to achieve. For a scene like I see, I'd start with a tripod, turn off VR, set at aperture priority, crank the aperture down to say f16 or greater and try a series of time exposures of different lengths with and without Live View.

If you have a growing camera failure of some sort, your bright day outdoor shots will hopefully tell the tale so that Nikon can immediately see what the problem is.
 
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