Pictures have a grainy touch to them! Help please

Ive been learning my ISO however my photos still have a grainy touch... outside i put it to no higher then 400 and inside 100-200... what am i doing wrong. I still have that grainy look. Im shooting my very 1st inside wedding where the lighting will not be good at all. Any suggestions on settings?

Thanks!
 

Eduard

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Can you post examples with EXIF - it will help us give you feedback. Also tell us how you post processing.
 
DSC_0418jpeg.jpgHMM im not sure how to make this bigger one here
 

Eduard

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Can you give us the EXIF (camera, lens, capture details)? Are you capturing JPG or RAW? If RAW, who did you process them? Looking at them on my iPad they seem fine.
 

Eye-level

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Because some folks are having similiar problems with the D7000...not all folks...some folks...

She has a D60 though...

I'm not ragging on the D7000 at all it is an amazing camera... :)
 
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bluenoser

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i dont understand why this one is not grainy at all

Hello Vanessa. Well the 2 photos that you are comparing were taken using very different variables. I will summarize them based on the EXIF:


First PhotoSecond Photo
ISO400200
Shutter Speed1/251/60
Flash Fired?NOYES
Focal Length52mm24mm






The first image was blurry and out of focus due to the slow shutter speed and perhaps less than ideal hand holding technique. So you have the first photo, with no flash, slow shutter speed/longer FL and higher ISO on a camera not renowned for it's higher ISO performance (not that 400 is really all that high but it is noticeably higher than ISO 200).

The second picture is in focus, no blurring due to camera shake, an adequate shutter speed (but still could have been higher), a lower ISO, etc. Hence a better photo!

In the first photo it looks overexposed due to you, perhaps, bumping up the exposure comp. a bit too much in post-processing. When you pull up darker area too much in post you will get grain. The second photo is much better in terms of the exposure - again lending to a superior image.
 
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bluenoser

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I know i sound so stupid... forgive me im starting off... but how did you figure my settings out?

Not a stupid question at all Vanessa. There are many programs out there (either as a stand alone or extensions you can add to your web browser) that allow you to view the EXIF data of a photo. Personally, I use an EXIF view extension that I added to Firefox. I simply right click on an image, then I select the EXIF view from the pop-up menu and in most cases (assuming the EXIF data hasn't been stripped away) I'll see the settings. That's how I saw yours. :)

PS. Here is the program information for the particular EXIF program I used: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fxif/?src=search
 
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bluenoser

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Thanks! You Rock! Oh do you suggest shooting in RAW or RAW+B ? I would like to get pictures for people to print and use online? Would raw=b be my best option then?

Hi Vanessa. Sorry for the delay in responding - had to get some sleep! :)

I'm assuming you mean shooting a RAW file and a basic JPEG file when you say "RAW + B".

In that event I would say no - I don't and don't really see the advantage of it in most cases. If you want to share your stuff online, etc. and want smaller file sizes for emailing purposes, etc. then just make a smaller JPEG file of the RAW files you are interested in sharing (very quick and easy). You most likely will be doing some amount of post work on your RAW files anyway so shooting a RAW+jpeg in camera would also most likely be redundant as you'll be making a post-processed jpeg anyway.

I hope that's what you meant by your question - if not, please let me/us know.

Regards,
 

Mike150

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Never heard of RAW+B. There's RAW+JPG. For posting online and sending in emails, it's better to shoot in jpg.

Jack. The setting on the D60 is called Raw+B. the B indicates the Basic quality (lowest res) JPG setting. I use this setting because when I'm with Family, they can't wait for me to get home and tweek the photos. I just download to one of their PCs and I'm done with it.
 
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