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Answers  »  Techniques

My dslr camera yields grainy pictures when taken at night, is this something I am doing incorrectly?

Asked by BRENT NEWMAN — 16 Mar 2011 Answered

I have a Canon Rebel xti and my lenses are not the most expensive, but my pictures only turn out grainy when taken at night with slow shutter speeds. Is this the result of my camera, lenses, or something I am not doing correctly?

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    Kishore Jothady said:

    There may not be anything wrong in your technique. It is common for digital images with long exposures to be noisy (what you term as grainy). More so at higher ISO and with compact/hold & shoot cameras or cameras with smaller sensors.

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    Zoran Milosavljevic said:

    Is auto ISO on, if so turn it off and set the ISO at it's lowest setting.

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    Kristin Mitchell(deleted) said:

    Agree with Zoran - set the ISO at a low setting. It doesn't need to be high, 100 - 400 is fine. There might also be a noise reduction option in your camera settings (look through the menu, it should be in the custom settings bit).

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    Leonardo Baldenegro(deleted) said:

    Maybe the ISO is yo high, 400 or more, shaked hand too. Tray to use tripod or buy one of the new camera with low noise in high iso.

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    Brenda Perez said:

    yes, agree with all of the above, usually when you want to take a night shot, you should always have a tripod and have it at a low ISO setting ( i always go with 100ISO). either set the self timer to prevent camera shake or get those external self shutter controls. good luck!

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    Regenia Brabham said:

    You also can get the grain by trying to open up the shadows in post editing.

    7 years, 1 month ago

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