Photos VERY grainy...? What am I doing wrong?
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-Using an image quality and size setting other than Large Fine will result in lower resolution images or can introduce annoying "artifacts" (e.g., blockiness). -Using the digital zoom will also reduce resolution. Turn off digital zoom and instead crop images on your computer when necessary. -Using too high of a an ISO (sensitivity) setting will also make the image appear grainy. This is true of all cameras though poitnt and shoot cameras typically suffer to a much greater degree due to their smaller sensors. Try and keep the ISO setting at or below ISO 400. -Additionally, this camera's High ISO mode - ISO 3200 - automatically reduces the camera's resolution to just under 2 megapixels. "Emergency use only."
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I've had no problems with poor quality scanned photos. The default is set to 300dpi, have you tried increasing it to 600dpi? That's what I always use and that works for me. I believe the max is 1200dpi. You may want to play around with that setting and see. Also don't be fooled by the scan preview, it's not an exact representation of what the scanned photo/doc will look. Hope that helps.
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Thanks - I tried that and it helped a lot. I kept the ISO at 100, but moved to better light to try some photos and the shutter priority mode helped. Actually, the "use tripod" sign still flashed, but the photos were sharp (sharp enough for my purposes.) I also figured out a few more things that helped with trial and error.
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Travis,Set the ISO manually to ISO 400. The 800 or 1600 settings will be grainy. Use shutter priority and play with the white balance.I believe 1/80 second should be good for most shots. Use a tripod, monopod or the" EVF plus elbows against chest and hold your breath technique". Exposure correction in a Photo Editor can also extend your low light level limit.
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It's not the best, most of the pictures come out grainy, or dark. Messing with the brightness changes the darkness of it, but the grainy look remains. Also be careful of when the disk space is about 50 mb, mine will not take pictures if it's less than that.
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Check your battery life, also if you are using built in flash it takes a little longer. Are you in manual or auto? If manual do a faster shutter speed and adjust ISO accordingly.
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Are you 100% sure it was ISO 640 and not 6400? I think at 640, shooting at 1.8 with a high amount of grain is unusual for this camera- especially since the D700 has excellent high ISO performance. I don't start to really notice grain until I'm shooting at ISO 3200 or greater. Did you happen to zoom in to the photos? Which could make the grain more noticeable..? Oh yea, check to see if your sensor or camera lens is dirty.
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wow... you're using the 75-300 and need more zoom? First try cropping your pictures and see if you can still get decent results... otherwise you're going to have to get better lenses which aren't going to be cheap.
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I am having the same exact issue. Quality settings and Class 4 memory cards seem to have very little effect on the poor picture quality. Very disappointing after the mostly stellar reviews I've been reading online.
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Depends on amount of light you had. If light is adequate 640 will be clear. I have shot 6400 with lower light for B&W and had normal grainy look. I have shot at 3200 with good light and they were clear
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I played with the menu selection and picked " scenery"Its ok, but if your willing to go further on really nice photos, I bought a lens adapter & wide lens kit. Extra $ 60.? or so I think for an adapter & separate lenses. Hope this helps you. Good luck..
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I have never been impressed with the pictures fom this camera. Many photos are very grainy when the lighting conditions are OK. The photos are also not very sharp.
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I've never had this problem before. I wonder if the settings on your scanner are set differently. Check to make sure that it's not set to scan at a smaller setting. I have mine set to the highest image quality too. Hope that helps. Sorry you're having trouble with it.
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Depends on the lens you're using and regardless of that, you should always be using flash indoors. The image will be grainy otherwise. So yes, that's normal.
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I am no camera expert by any means, but at times the flash is too powerful, and the low light pictures are better. I generally use Picasa to edit, and it will brighten the pictures and they look good. In extreme low light with the flash off, they are pretty grainy and Picasa cannot help them. I have only printed 4 x 6 images though, and they are fantastic the majority of times. Hope this helps!
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I had a problem with blurry images, too, so finally checked the owners manual (duh!) It mentions that if you press the shutter too hard, you actually cause the blurriness. I have lightened up my touch, and things have improved. I still love this camera.
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I won't be much help. We didn't like the pics we got on dry land do returned it immediately. Pics were too pixilated to ever print. Hope that helps