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Originally Posted by james_ls
I found out how to fix it....
When your darks were grainy...what setting did you have it on??
AIM me and we'll talk...
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why not share what you found with the group?
some basics are:
-higher iso (film speed) will give more grain, which is actually referred to as noise when you're talking about digital. shoot at the lowest iso you are able to. if you're using a tripod and a long exposure isnt an issue than use the lowest iso and just make your exposure longer. for example 100 or 200 are very low iso and 800 or 1600 are very high iso.
-long exposures inherently cause noise on digital camera. this doesnt happen on film... its just the nature of a digital sensor.
-underexposed areas (sometimes shadow areas) show more noise than well lit areas, especially after being lightened through photoshop.
however sometimes grain/noise is just completely unavoidable. there are a couple free noise reduction programs out there which you can use within photoshop to smooth things out a bit, but the best one is called noise ninja and its not cheap, so probably not worth it for most. regardless, its ideal to have the original photo look the best you can from the start, and do as little editing as possible.
the most important thing i'll say here is: read your manual front to back, then when you're done read it again. its completely stupid to spend money on a tool like this without knowing how to take advantage of it. if you're just going to point and shoot mindlessly then your photos probably are going to come out worse than if you had just gotten a pocket sized little automatic camera... know how to use your tools to the fullest, and that is when your photography will improve...