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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 314416" data-attributes="member: 16090">The sensor has more pixels than used in the image. Most of the software know that and strip the extras. Some third party RAW conversion software may not be taking that into account and using all the pixels available. As recommended in previous post, check if the number of pixels in your image match the numbers of what is published.One way to verify if it is the software that is to be blamed for bad photos, is to use the Nikon View NX. Nikon software gives the best colours for RAW, and has distortion data base built in. Use it to view and convert to jpeg, and then analyse the results.Even the D3100 has a good DR, so expose for the bright areas and then boost the shadows in post. One thing to be careful of is that the focus may not be spot on in some cases. It may be due to confusing back ground or back/front focusing issues in the lense. Just verify the focus using Live View (zoomed up a lot).If you do not use any other software for processing RAW images, try Capture NX-D beta, by Nikon. It is still a free download, and has extensive controls for manipulating the RAW image.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 314416, member: 16090"] The sensor has more pixels than used in the image. Most of the software know that and strip the extras. Some third party RAW conversion software may not be taking that into account and using all the pixels available. As recommended in previous post, check if the number of pixels in your image match the numbers of what is published. One way to verify if it is the software that is to be blamed for bad photos, is to use the Nikon View NX. Nikon software gives the best colours for RAW, and has distortion data base built in. Use it to view and convert to jpeg, and then analyse the results. Even the D3100 has a good DR, so expose for the bright areas and then boost the shadows in post. One thing to be careful of is that the focus may not be spot on in some cases. It may be due to confusing back ground or back/front focusing issues in the lense. Just verify the focus using Live View (zoomed up a lot). If you do not use any other software for processing RAW images, try Capture NX-D beta, by Nikon. It is still a free download, and has extensive controls for manipulating the RAW image. [/QUOTE]

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