Hi everyone,
My pictures seem to have a lot of noise and is grainy. It's not as bad when outdoors, but to me it seems prominent indoors.
Do you all have tips on what I am doing wrong.
ISO 800
f/4.9
Thanks in advance nikonites!!
Faster lens? Tripod? Vibration Reduction lens? Extra light?
The biggest thing that affects image noise is exposure -- i.e. aperture, shutter speed and lighting. Larger aperture and longer shutter speed let more light onto the sensor and directly reduce image noise.
In most cameras setting higher ISO also reduces read noise, but unfortunately not with D7000 which almost ISOless, so that doesn't help much. With my D5 for example the ISO setting 6400 is the least noisy.
Indoor lighting (tungsten, halogen, LED) lack blue light and cause extremely weak and noisy blue channel. The difference can be 2 or even 3 stops when compared to outdoors. If you can add light when inside, that will help tremendously.