Grainy pics

Discussion in 'Canon EOS Digital SLRs' started by George P, Feb 27, 2022.

  1. George P

    George P New Member

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    1dx mark3
    24-70 2.8
    100-400 1:4.5-5.6
    Hello. I have been shooting pictures of my sons athletic events for the last two years. Have been pretty happy with the results. I discussed upgrading my Camera From a Nikon 750. My wife bought me the newEOS 1dx mark3. She also got me two lenses, 24-70 2.8 and 100-400 4.5-5.6. I’ve been shooting basketball recently and my pictures are grainy. Not out of focus. I’ve worked with shutter speed from 800 all the way to 1600. F-stop from 2.6 and up. No problem with the lighting. But they’re just not sharp. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
    George
     

  2. johnsey

    johnsey Site Moderator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    Seems your implying a few issues and mixed feedback on what they are.
    Sharpness would be directly related to focusing, you may be soft due to a lens back focusing if the camera thinks it is sharp. Grainy can be tack sharp.... it is of course a completely different issue. Under exposure even a little bit can become noticeable at higher ISO, that said your 1dx3 should perform spectacularly compared to anything you have had before.

    Example images are very helpful, if you want t post them here or drop a raw file in one drive and share a link those can give us an idea what your working with.

    I also assume your working with the highest res settings: https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART176321
     
  3. George P

    George P New Member

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    24-70 2.8
    100-400 1:4.5-5.6
    Appreciate the input. I will try to download a couple photographs
     

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