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Hello, I received my lovely new 600D today (actually a T3i). I took some test shots and they looked a bit blurry and noisy at 100% crop. This may simply be because I'm at the very beginning of the learning process, and it's also a pretty gloomy and dark day. But if someone could let me know if these photos are 'normal' and of the expected standard of the camera, that would be great. Also, does anyone think the bear looks a bit too 'orange'?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/29393810@N02/

Many thanks
 
your iso is between 1600 and 3200 which for that camera is high. You will not get better results at those ISOs for that camera.

If you want clean images from it you need to be shooting at 800 or lower
 
Blurry = handheld at 1/30

Noisy = iso 1600

Stop pixel peeping unless you are doing a proper test ie tripod mounted full range of settings ;)

It's your first day with a new camera, experiment by all means but 1 test does not give overall results. Have a play and have fun :D

Phil.
 
Thanks for the helpful and rapid responses! Now I was picking between the 600D and the D5100, and this may be a case of 'Grass is Greener on the other side' syndrome, but would the D5100, which apparently copes better in lower light, suffer from similar problems at these ISOs?
 
Not sure, I think when I bought the D3100 the Nikon's had slightly better iso handling but I doubt there is that much in it tbh. Noise is a function of high iso just as grain is of film, don't worry about it until it gets so intrusive it ruins the shots. A little bit of noise reduction the ones above will be fine.
 
Peter1122 said:
Thanks for the helpful and rapid responses! Now I was picking between the 600D and the D5100, and this may be a case of 'Grass is Greener on the other side' syndrome, but would the D5100, which apparently copes better in lower light, suffer from similar problems at these ISOs?
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In a word, yes. It's not a problem though,its the nature of high ISO photography. If you think that's bad, try a Nikon d50 at ISO 1600, then you'll have something to complain about.

Learn how to use the equipment properly before starting to compare it against other models. That includes learning its limits, understanding the relationship between ISO, aperture and shutter speed and how you can help limit noise by shooting correctly and using the appropriate settings and software.
 
Noise levels are fine there, you need to sharpen your images a little in post and start thinking more about light, any camera can look noisy in muddy poor quality light.
 
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