Grainy Photos (Page 2): Buy a good camera and good lens. You will need a full frame camera. I think you get paid for you photos right?

BebuLamar

Buy a good camera and good lens. You will need a full frame camera. I think you get paid for you photos right?

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

What settings are you using? Folks are recommendimg lower ISO and tripod but that means lower ss to get exposure correct.

If you are shooting AUTO, the camera wont know you are on a tripod and will still give you the same grainy shot you get handheld.

I recommend some fun with putting your camera in manual mode and playing with shutter speed and ISO. (Set aperature to the lowest F value the lens will allow. If its a kit lens, that means 3.5 -5.6 range. )

Those 2 settings will allow you to decide where "blur" starts and then you crank ISO up to get the exposure right. You dont need a tripod to start playing around.
...the tripod allows you to go to lower shutter speed (removes you as the source of blur :-)
...and therefore you can use lower ISO and reduce the grain !

Hope this makes sense.

Have fun, the film costs of a 60D are really low so fire away :-)

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

What settings are you using? Folks are recommendimg lower ISO and tripod but that means lower ss to get exposure correct.

If you are shooting AUTO, the camera wont know you are on a tripod and will still give you the same grainy shot you get handheld.

I recommend some fun with putting your camera in manual mode and playing with shutter speed and ISO. (Set aperature to the lowest F value the lens will allow. If its a kit lens, that means 3.5 -5.6 range. )

Those 2 settings will allow you to decide where "blur" starts and then you crank ISO up to get the exposure right. You dont need a tripod to start playing around.
...the tripod allows you to go to lower shutter speed (removes you as the source of blur :-)
...and therefore you can use lower ISO and reduce the grain !

Hope this makes sense.

Have fun, the film costs of a 60D are really low so fire away :-)

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

What settings are you using? Folks are recommendimg lower ISO and tripod but that means lower ss to get exposure correct.

If you are shooting AUTO, the camera wont know you are on a tripod and will still give you the same grainy shot you get handheld.

I recommend some fun with putting your camera in manual mode and playing with shutter speed and ISO. (Set aperature to the lowest F value the lens will allow. If its a kit lens, that means 3.5 -5.6 range. )

Those 2 settings will allow you to decide where "blur" starts and then you crank ISO up to get the exposure right. You dont need a tripod to start playing around.
...the tripod allows you to go to lower shutter speed (removes you as the source of blur :-)
...and therefore you can use lower ISO and reduce the grain !

Hope this makes sense.

Have fun, the film costs of a 60D are really low so fire away :-)

crazydaddio Loc: Toronto Ontario Canada

Sorry for the triples folks. My smartphone was doing some gagging...

Sharon Lynn Photography

Thank you so much for your response. It does help a great deal.

Sharon Lynn Photography

Yes I do. What do you consider a good camera and lens?

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Sharon Lynn Photography wrote:

I use a Canon D60 with an EF 70-200 f/4L

I do have the ISO set very high 3200-6400

Do you have a D60 or a 60D? very big difference. In any case at 6400 the 60D is noisy and I'm sure the D60, assuming it could even go up that high, would be extremely noisy.

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

I would suggest a full frame. You are currently using a Canon and since you already have the 70-200 I would go for a 6D or 6DII. That would be a great camera for your low light photos.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Sharon Lynn Photography wrote:

Hi, my name is Sharon and I am new to this forum but I am pretty excited about it.
I am having issues with Photography inside when I can not use a flash. My photos are very grainy. Is there something I can do to keep them from looking this way? Thank you

Welcome to our forum!

Noise is nasty! Some good links -

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/8189925268/what-s-that-noise-shedding-some-light-on-the-sources-of-noise

http://www.topazlabs.com/denoise
http://www.lightstalking.com/noise-in-your-images-use-these-easy-strategies-to-improve-your-noisy-photographs
https://photographylife.com/photo-noise-reduction-tutorial

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

what kind of pictures and in what lighting conditions are you shooting"? it would explain your high iso settings.

wilfredmike

Much of what has been mentioned is correct, however any camera and lens combination will benefit greatly from better exposure. Make sure you put the highlights way to the right on the histogram. The proper exposure is a hugh factor in reducing noise (grain). And it will cost you no money.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Sharon Lynn Photography wrote:

I use a Canon D60 with an EF 70-200 f/4L

I do have the ISO set very high 3200-6400

While that is a very good lens, it is not designed to be used indoors without a flash. You need something like a 50mm f/1.4. The lens you have is great outdoors on a sunny or cloudy day. The 70D is a great camera, but not the best when you get up to the higher ISO settings. It has a low-light photo mode - if you are not trying to capture moving objects - that takes three or four photos and merges them to reduce noise. That works pretty well - but again, not if your subject is moving.

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

A bit of overexposure will surprise you with its lower grain. My 60D gives horrible grain when under exposed but over exposure amazes. Try one of each in a test (same subject) and see for yourself.

Sharon Lynn Photography wrote:

I have a Canon 60D

cthahn

If you would tell us how you shot the picture maybe we could help.