Is it me or the camera

[Ericang]

Hi,
Would like to know how come the pictures turn out so grainy
Heres my setting:
Camera: Nikon D90
18mm
ISO200
F22
Shutter 20s
Standing on Tripod.
Remotely triggered

 

[luntut]

there is not really a need for the aperture to be so small..

try f/11 at 15 seconds, ISO 100. comes out pretty good everytime for me.

also, the "noise" might be compression artifacts. you set your picture quality on raw or fine or normal?

 

[night86mare]

where is the grain?

i see some possible jpg artefacts, that is all

 

[S L Chai]

I don't see any grains either.

 

[dorts]

It's you. Your expectations too high. :bsmilie:

I see no grain either.

 

[DiGdUb]

i see no grains. maybe its your monitor or application setting problem?

 

[voldisinarta]

No grain... check your eyes

 

[Rashkae]

It's not grainy, but at f/22 you're encountering diffraction on your lens already, thus the reduced sharpness.

 

[Galdor]

I don't see any grains/noise too. Probably as what bro Rashkae mentioned, it's the deffraction.

 

[serametin]

since u asked. is it you and not the camera

 

[zcf]

The photo too small to notice noise. Also JPEG artifacts and diffraction problems are mentioned by others.

If have noise, it may be contributed by Active D-lighting if it's on.

 

[desertstrike]

this is taken with my D90...

 

[desertstrike]

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 10 sec (10)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 200

 

[desertstrike]

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 200

 

[desertstrike]

my guess is, u dun need 20s shutter speed?

 

[Simon_84]

f22 is a no-no in night photography, but is more useful in daylight landscape...
in your case, it basically dims out almost most of the lights...
use the lowest iso for night photography.

 

[desertstrike]

where is the grain?

i see some possible jpg artefacts, that is all

hmm... i dun see any grain also...

where are the possible jpg artefact that u spotted?

 

[boonsong]

if you mean noise...then i give u my half-past six knowledge on noise:
1) try to avoid using such a long exposure time. this is due to sensor heat up. not sure how well d90 handles this.
2) noise often happen in shadow details. read up on SNR (signal-noise-ratio).
3) noise occur on large areas with similar tones, such as the sky for this one...

btw.. where is the noise?

 

[Anson]

Maybe my LCD not good/sharp enough.... but where is the noise? :dunno:

 

[desertstrike]

i dun see any also...
iso200... if there is noise... i think D90 sale would plummet v fast, haha