Grainy Pictures Canon R mirrorless

[megansegale]

Hello! 

I just purchased a mirrorless camera and have had trouble with shooting indoors- my settings are ( from what I know) are correct- 1/125, f3.5, iso 800 -1000),AWB, the photos are turning out pretty grainy. What am I doing wrong?

[Tintype_18]

As for RAW and jpg, I do both...JIC. Also, having the first great-grandson, I admire the photo of the little one. Treasure the time as they grow up which is too fast.

[p4pictures]

I suggest you look at the camera settings first. In the menu for high ISO speed NR, it should be set to Standard by default and this does a good job to reduce noise in JPGs, though you could try the High setting. I would make sure your camera is not set with noise reduction disabled.

Secondly, when photographing people you may get some blurry results if you slow the shutter speed down. Contrary to what some other replies have suggested, no amount of lens or in-camera stabilisation will compensate for the subject moving during a slow shutter speed. I suggest that you avoid using slower than 1/100th for the shutter speed when photographing people.

Have you edited the picture you posted? If you have edited and needed to brighten the shot, be aware that does make noise more obvious depending on how much you increase the brightness. 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Another proponent of capturing in RAW.  I usually capture both RAW + JPEG.  Depends on what your shooting and what degree of editing capability you want.  You'll never go wrong with RAW.  

Canon's Digital Photo Professional is a free software application for post image editing.  RAW gives the most editing capability, image adjustment and control.  JPEG is great when you don't want to edit or need to get your deliverables into the hands of others quickly.