Pictures are grainy??

[tevo]

My first guess would be ISO.. maybe a dusty sensor?

 

[Stobber]

Thank you all for the help, I am still on vacation tomorrow, so I will be sure to go out and see what I can do. I am back in northwest North Dakota, not the scenery that the arrowhead area of Minnesota has, but I will see what I can do.

 

[tevo]

Thank you all for the help, I am still on vacation tomorrow, so I will be sure to go out and see what I can do. I am back in northwest North Dakota, not the scenery that the arrowhead area of Minnesota has, but I will see what I can do.

Shoot with ISO 100 in normal light. If they are still grainy, check your sensor , mirror, and lens for dust.

 

[Stobber]

Thank you all for the help, I am still on vacation tomorrow, so I will be sure to go out and see what I can do. I am back in northwest North Dakota, not the scenery that the arrowhead area of Minnesota has, but I will see what I can do.

Shoot with ISO 100 in normal light. If they are still grainy, check your sensor , mirror, and lens for dust.

That being said....I am constantly checking everything for dust, water droplets, smears etc etc. What is the proper way to clean the sensor and mirror when my blower just does not work??

 

[tevo]

Thank you all for the help, I am still on vacation tomorrow, so I will be sure to go out and see what I can do. I am back in northwest North Dakota, not the scenery that the arrowhead area of Minnesota has, but I will see what I can do.

Shoot with ISO 100 in normal light. If they are still grainy, check your sensor , mirror, and lens for dust.

That being said....I am constantly checking everything for dust, water droplets, smears etc etc. What is the proper way to clean the sensor and mirror when my blower just does not work??

To be honest, I would just bring it to a camera shop. I wouldn't risk scratching your sensor with a cloth - but if you are super careful that can be done - with a microfiber.

 

[Stobber]

Shoot with ISO 100 in normal light. If they are still grainy, check your sensor , mirror, and lens for dust.

That being said....I am constantly checking everything for dust, water droplets, smears etc etc. What is the proper way to clean the sensor and mirror when my blower just does not work??

To be honest, I would just bring it to a camera shop. I wouldn't risk scratching your sensor with a cloth - but if you are super careful that can be done - with a microfiber.

I would never never consider touching either of those if the blower would not take care of the problem. Was just curious if people did that on their own, and how to go about it.

 

[tevo]

That being said....I am constantly checking everything for dust, water droplets, smears etc etc. What is the proper way to clean the sensor and mirror when my blower just does not work??

To be honest, I would just bring it to a camera shop. I wouldn't risk scratching your sensor with a cloth - but if you are super careful that can be done - with a microfiber.

I would never never consider touching either of those if the blower would not take care of the problem. Was just curious if people did that on their own, and how to go about it.

There are ways, It is just absolutely imperative that you do not have dust on the mirror/sensor before cleaning.

 

[KmH]

Dust on the mirror has zero effect on the photo.

Sensor cleaning is just one part of routine maintanence, though there are proper tools and techniques to do it. there are many Yoytube videos that show how.

The D7000 has an image sensor self-cleaning system. The Nikon DSLR's I have that can do that I have setup so they do the sensor cleaning both when I turn the camera off and when I turn it on.

 

[Stobber]

Dust on the mirror has zero effect on the photo.

Sensor cleaning is just one part of routine maintanence, though there are proper tools and techniques to do it. there are many Yoytube videos that show how.

The D7000 has an image sensor self-cleaning system. The Nikon DSLR's I have that can do that I have setup so they do the sensor cleaning both when I turn the camera off and when I turn it on.

This is because the mirror simply reflects the image to the viewfinder, and does not reflect the image to the sensor....am I correct?

 

[KmH]

Yep!

Did you know the main mirror is only 50% reflective?
There is a smaller secondary mirror behind the main mirror that reflects the other 50% of the light the lens provides down into the bottom of the camera body, which is where the auto focus module is.

Auto focus is always done with the largest lens aperture the lens can provide for the focal length it is set to, so as much light as possible gets to the AF module. so it can work properly.