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Grainy Noisy Photos ?? with examples Help Required.
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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 484537" data-attributes="member: 15302"><p>Nikon Newb, I understand your frustration. I have multiple DSLRs and some compacts. My point-and-shoot Nikon All Weather 120 makes these vibrant colorful photos with no adjustments necessary. That camera won't even let you shoot in RAW, but the JPEGs look terrific. If I take the same shots with my DSLR (at factory settings), the DSLR shots initially look dull and lifeless compared with the compact.</p><p></p><p>The great thing about DSLRs is that you have so much more control over your photographs. If you shoot RAW, you have saved every bit of information that the camera recorded and you preserve the ability to make many changes in post processing that you cannot do with a JPEG file. The downside of a DSLR is that you will get a flat neutral base image until you tell the camera to give you something different, or until you learn how to make your base image different in post processing.</p><p></p><p>As Scott said, it's all about the light. In low light conditions, the challenge is always to get as much light to the sensor as possible while keeping the shutter speed high enough to avoid blur and to keep the aperture small enough to get the depth of field necessary for a focused shot.</p><p></p><p>So, the first thing is that now you know that higher ISO means more grain, so it's important to keep your ISO as low as is reasonable for the conditions. You need to know what minimum shutter speed will deliver a sharp picture without motion blur, and you need to know what minimum aperture will give you proper depth of field.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of apertures, more is not always better. Many of your shots were at f22, which means a very tiny aperture. Yes, that does give you greater depth of field, but you should know that going that small can also affect sharpness. My advice for a beginner is try to stay below f11. That should give you plenty of depth of field without dulling the overall shot.</p><p></p><p>All of the other advice given so far has been spot on: adjust the picture control from Neutral to Vivid, and increase sharpness. Also, try to separate your subject from the background. In other words, try to get your subject in focus while leaving the background a bit blurry. You have to use larger apertures (f3.5 or 4) and find angles where the background seems further away. You can do this by getting closer to your subject.</p><p></p><p>You're off to a great start, and everyone here is giving you great advice. Once you learn how to take advantage of the features on your DSLR, I promise you will realize that phone cameras are not so hot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 484537, member: 15302"] Nikon Newb, I understand your frustration. I have multiple DSLRs and some compacts. My point-and-shoot Nikon All Weather 120 makes these vibrant colorful photos with no adjustments necessary. That camera won't even let you shoot in RAW, but the JPEGs look terrific. If I take the same shots with my DSLR (at factory settings), the DSLR shots initially look dull and lifeless compared with the compact. The great thing about DSLRs is that you have so much more control over your photographs. If you shoot RAW, you have saved every bit of information that the camera recorded and you preserve the ability to make many changes in post processing that you cannot do with a JPEG file. The downside of a DSLR is that you will get a flat neutral base image until you tell the camera to give you something different, or until you learn how to make your base image different in post processing. As Scott said, it's all about the light. In low light conditions, the challenge is always to get as much light to the sensor as possible while keeping the shutter speed high enough to avoid blur and to keep the aperture small enough to get the depth of field necessary for a focused shot. So, the first thing is that now you know that higher ISO means more grain, so it's important to keep your ISO as low as is reasonable for the conditions. You need to know what minimum shutter speed will deliver a sharp picture without motion blur, and you need to know what minimum aperture will give you proper depth of field. Speaking of apertures, more is not always better. Many of your shots were at f22, which means a very tiny aperture. Yes, that does give you greater depth of field, but you should know that going that small can also affect sharpness. My advice for a beginner is try to stay below f11. That should give you plenty of depth of field without dulling the overall shot. All of the other advice given so far has been spot on: adjust the picture control from Neutral to Vivid, and increase sharpness. Also, try to separate your subject from the background. In other words, try to get your subject in focus while leaving the background a bit blurry. You have to use larger apertures (f3.5 or 4) and find angles where the background seems further away. You can do this by getting closer to your subject. You're off to a great start, and everyone here is giving you great advice. Once you learn how to take advantage of the features on your DSLR, I promise you will realize that phone cameras are not so hot. [/QUOTE]
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