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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 440639" data-attributes="member: 16090">Here are a few tips. Shoot in RAW. Then use the Nikon View NX to examine, adjust exposure and convert to jpeg. In case you are adventurous, then download the free RAW processor - Nikon Capture NX-D. It gives more options for processing. The most relevant in your case&nbsp; - WB, Distortion control, Exposure control and recovering shadows and highlights.. Desist from going above ISO 400. I normally shoot ISO 100 most of the time. You will get less noise.. Most of the &quot;cheaper zooms&quot; are soft at the long end. Limit your zooms to 200mm and see the improvement in quality.. Do not shoot beyond F/11. Diffraction will make the images softer. Most practical setting is - RAW, ISO 100 (or 200), Aperture Priority - F/8, AF-S, Single Focus Point, Matrix metering.Find the focal length spread at which your lens is sharpest. Do not go beyond that. Instead use the 24MP sensor's real estate to crop. You will find that cropped shots at the lens's sharpest region are much better than those taken at 250mm to 300mm. Remember that unless you are printing big. Of the 4000x6000 pixels of the D3200/D3300, an 8x10 print requires only 2400x3000 pixels and for the Web you rarely cross 1200x1600. So never be shy of cropping.[ATTACH]150820[/ATTACH]Owl taken at 85mm and cropped to 800x800 pixels. Enough for web posting</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 440639, member: 16090"] Here are a few tips . Shoot in RAW. Then use the Nikon View NX to examine, adjust exposure and convert to jpeg. In case you are adventurous, then download the free RAW processor - Nikon Capture NX-D. It gives more options for processing. The most relevant in your case - WB, Distortion control, Exposure control and recovering shadows and highlights. . Desist from going above ISO 400. I normally shoot ISO 100 most of the time. You will get less noise. . Most of the "cheaper zooms" are soft at the long end. Limit your zooms to 200mm and see the improvement in quality. . Do not shoot beyond F/11. Diffraction will make the images softer. Most practical setting is - RAW, ISO 100 (or 200), Aperture Priority - F/8, AF-S, Single Focus Point, Matrix metering. Find the focal length spread at which your lens is sharpest. Do not go beyond that. Instead use the 24MP sensor's real estate to crop. You will find that cropped shots at the lens's sharpest region are much better than those taken at 250mm to 300mm. Remember that unless you are printing big. Of the 4000x6000 pixels of the D3200/D3300, an 8x10 print requires only 2400x3000 pixels and for the Web you rarely cross 1200x1600. So never be shy of cropping. [ATTACH=CONFIG]150820._xfImport[/ATTACH] Owl taken at 85mm and cropped to 800x800 pixels. Enough for web posting [/QUOTE]

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