So I feel like since I got my camera my pictures seem to be less clear and sharp. It seems like they seem to be blurry or a out of focus most of the time now. Do I need to clean something? At first they were so sharp and now not. I am wondering if its me or my camera?! Any thoughts?
I looked at your last few photos... the boy walking with the man was shot at 1/4000 and ISO 3200... if you cut the ISO to 200 (1600, 800, 400, 200) that would be 4 stops slower... meaning you would need (2000, 1000, 500, 250) 1/250 for the shot, which would still be plenty fast... the 'blurriness' is likely noise reduction either in post processing or in camera that is destroying detail to remove noise...
Like others have said, your ISO speed is killing your images. There's absolutely no reason to be shooting 3200 outdoors during the day like some of your shots suggest! If you're using auto mode and this is what' it's setting you up on, get out of that mode ASAP. Those ISO levels, while useful in some extreme situations, will all but ruin regular snapshots, so avoid them at all cost.
I have the same camera, and I almost never go above ISO 400 on about 90% of my shots. If I'm shooting outdoors during the day it's almost always ISO 100. Become familiar with the Av and Tv mode on your camera so you can set your ISO and then either the aperture or shutter speed yourself to get the desired result. If you leave it all up to the camera you're sure to be disappointed.
ok maybe not blurry is the word.. but grainy? and im more talking about indoor shots like the one of the baby. i tried again today indoors low light with auto iso and it looked the same? maybe a flash is needed.. not sure
The grain is from the insanely high iso, like everyone has been saying. Something is messed up in your auto iso settings... no reason it should be hitting 3200.
I shoot on auto iso most of the time as well, but I have my max set to 1600 on my camera. I also set the minimum shutter speed to about 1/40th sec (depends on what I'm doing really)... so the camera doesn't start bumping the iso until shutter speeds fall below 1/40th. I leave my camera on the minimum iso all the time (iso 200 on my D300, iso 100 on my D80), and let the camera bump up if needed within my perimeters
Go into your settings, and see what the settings for auto iso are and change them. Also make sure you don't have your lowest iso accidentally set to 3200 minimum. That's almost what it seems, that iso is set to 3200, but I can't tell without actually seeing the camera.
I just want to repeat what everyone had just said. :D the high ISO is making your shots grainy. its more obvious indoors than outdoors though even at outdoors you should not be using ISO 3200 when you have lots of light. :) you could try to find on your camera how to adjust the ISO. and if available, set it to Auto :)
ok so i was playing again with my camera.. and i for got that i messed with the knob just to the right top of the lens that has a + or - what does that do? cause i notice that there are sharp parts of my pictures but its a very small part ( like the one of the grass ) sorry im just learning!
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I have the same camera, and I almost never go above ISO 400 on about 90% of my shots. If I'm shooting outdoors during the day it's almost always ISO 100. Become familiar with the Av and Tv mode on your camera so you can set your ISO and then either the aperture or shutter speed yourself to get the desired result. If you leave it all up to the camera you're sure to be disappointed.
I shoot on auto iso most of the time as well, but I have my max set to 1600 on my camera. I also set the minimum shutter speed to about 1/40th sec (depends on what I'm doing really)... so the camera doesn't start bumping the iso until shutter speeds fall below 1/40th. I leave my camera on the minimum iso all the time (iso 200 on my D300, iso 100 on my D80), and let the camera bump up if needed within my perimeters
Go into your settings, and see what the settings for auto iso are and change them. Also make sure you don't have your lowest iso accidentally set to 3200 minimum. That's almost what it seems, that iso is set to 3200, but I can't tell without actually seeing the camera.