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<blockquote data-quote="artydawg" data-source="post: 30379" data-attributes="member: 7522">I've had a D40 for the past 5 years and have been very happy with the sharpness and quality of the pics, especially low noise.I finally decided to pop for a new camera and after much research chose the D5100. Had it for just a few days and have been snapping away using the *same* exact lens that was on my D40 (Nikon 18-135). So it's obviously not a lens issue, but for some reason there is SO much noise in the 5100 pics and they are not nearly as sharp as the D40. I'm just using Auto setting for now, but that's mainly what I used on my D40 as well.I'm not super knowledgeable on all of the ins and outs of the settings, but that's the main reason why I got the D40, because it takes excellent pics without having to know a whole lot about the settings. Doesn't seem to be the case with the D5100.I don't have a lot of $$ to throw around at cameras, so I'm planning to return the D5100 and just keep using my D40, unless there's something that I'm just not getting about shooting with the D5100. Any ideas would be appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="artydawg, post: 30379, member: 7522"] I've had a D40 for the past 5 years and have been very happy with the sharpness and quality of the pics, especially low noise. I finally decided to pop for a new camera and after much research chose the D5100. Had it for just a few days and have been snapping away using the *same* exact lens that was on my D40 (Nikon 18-135). So it's obviously not a lens issue, but for some reason there is SO much noise in the 5100 pics and they are not nearly as sharp as the D40. I'm just using Auto setting for now, but that's mainly what I used on my D40 as well. I'm not super knowledgeable on all of the ins and outs of the settings, but that's the main reason why I got the D40, because it takes excellent pics without having to know a whole lot about the settings. Doesn't seem to be the case with the D5100. I don't have a lot of $$ to throw around at cameras, so I'm planning to return the D5100 and just keep using my D40, unless there's something that I'm just not getting about shooting with the D5100. Any ideas would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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