gsgary
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Any more tips would be appreciated. I'm still thinking it's the lens. It has been having a lot of problems and the bigger lens gives much better results even under the same conditions.
No, it isn't the lens. It is, to be blunt, that you don't seem to know what you are doing.
Considering I haven't even started college yet that could very well be the case. I'm taking a photography course this fall. I'm not saying the lens is low quality and I'm not blaming it. It's actually a very good quality lens. But it's BROKEN. That's a proven fact; the CPU connectors are broken and none of the connections were working correctly last night. When connected, it sometimes acts like a non CPU lens and the F-- blinks at the top, and it won't even shoot unless it's in manual mode. That's not causing the noise directly but it was messing it up to some degree - it went from working one minute to not working the next. I bought a cleaner/lubricant that seemed to fix the problem but it stopped working once I got to the destination site. I'm not saying a working lens doesn't have the ability to shoot low-noise photos, but since this one is not working correctly, it's not consistent. And for everyone saying I should use low ISO - I would, but since most of my photography includes moving images and backgrounds (such as a crashing wave and lots of candid shots) lowering the ISO is not the best option for me, even with a tripod.
"Using a 5 generations past sensor, the D70, which is not known for great sensor response in underexposure situations."
Does this not suggest the camera/sensor was at least part of the problem?
So, considering I had my f-stop open to about 4(in some of the pictures, though not all), and the pictures still turned out noisy, and I can't use a much lower ISO, what are my options?
Sorry to come across as argumentative.
A good tradesman never blames his tools, you need to learn how to use it to it's best i still use my old 1Dmk1 which have a similar sensor to yours and was renown for being bad with high ISO's but if you know how to use it to its best it is not that bad
Here's a shot from a few years ago shot at ISO1600, your camera will get much better results if your use it properly the exif say you shot in Auto