to much noise in my pictures

[photo girl]

I have the Nikon d-100 camera and my pictures are grainy and not very crisp even at a 8x10 print size. I have a friend that has the Cannon 10D and her pictures are always clearer than mine. What am I doing wrong.

Photo Girl

 

[santino]

I don't know much about the d100, but check your ISO settings (if it's for example at 1600 I guess you'll get fine grain).

 

[Chase]

Please post some examples along with the settings used (ISO, shutter speed...etc), that will help us to get a better idea.

 

[photo girl]

I know my ISO is set at 200, my White balance is set on overcast or cloudy. If I'm thinking right my settings were at 60 and F11 but I really don't remember. I don't know if it would do any good to show you a sample because you would have to enlarge it to an 8x10 or 11x14 to see what I am talking about

 

[voodoocat]

If you provide a 100% crop it would be the easiest way to determine your issue.

I do find that even when you shoot ISO200, if you have to correct much, you can get a decent increase in noise.

 

[DocFrankenstein]

Maybe you should consider changing to Canon.

Sorry, I just had to.

 

[Goofup]

(Hush guys, next thing you know she'll do a Google search and find about Helicon Noise filter, Neat Image, or Noiseware.. all free downloads... not to mention what "Sharpening" is for!)

 

[LizM]

Have you checked your resolution quality? Even a 10 Megapix camera will not get good resolution if its set on the lowest size/fastest save file.