03-04-2025
02:49 PM
- last edited on
03-05-2025
09:11 AM
by
Danny
Looking for new lens for Canon rebel t7
For work, I take a lot of photos of people and group photos at events, and I am not happy with the grain-like texture that shows up in my photos. I'm shooting in raw, I'm editing on Photoshop, I go in and de-noise it both manually and automatically, but it never looks as sharp as I wanted it to. I want to better my craft, so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to a different lens for event photography while still keeping my DSLR. Or if there's any suggestions as to which camera would be better, while trying to stay relatively on the cheaper side, that would be great.
Thank you in advance!
03-05-2025 02:07 PM
Sure thing, thank you for taking the time to respond. Here's an example of one that I took. I shoot in RAW, when it prompts me to open a CR2 file, I'll edit in that. I usually don't de-noise it more than 20 on the sliding scale. I'll hit auto and then de-noise it and that's it. I'm not a huge expert on photoshop, but I can tinker my way around it. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=998326082330801&set=pb.100064602557367.-2207520000
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1001174468712629&set=pb.100064602557367.-2207520000&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=970468501783226&set=pb.100064602557367.-2207520000&type=3
I always feel like the center of the photos are in focus but not the outside.
03-05-2025 02:40 PM
I could not view your samples because I am not a Facebook user.
Your 18-55 is just fine for what you want.
What exposure mode do you use....Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Basic Zones, what?
A lens doesn't cause or contribute to "graininess". What CAN is very high ISO setting, perhaps caused by using Auto ISO and there not being enough illumination.
Look to your technique before looking for equipment cures.
03-06-2025 10:43 AM - edited 03-06-2025 10:46 AM
I could view your samples. I really don't see what you are seeing. For FB they look pretty good.
However as the above poster asks, what are the exact settings you are using. You see when you u/l to this site we can see the EXIF data (unless you purposely remove it) . When you post to FB all that gets deleted. FB also renders images to its specifications.
"A lens doesn't cause or contribute to "graininess"." This is why someone suggesting you buy a different lens wasn't a good solution. The Canon EOS Rebel T7 camera has an ISO range of 100-6400, which can be expanded to an equivalent of ISO 12800. As stated it can be expanded to ISO 12800 but using these extreme higher ISO numbers makes you pay a price. That price is increased "grain". It isn't really grain as you would think in a film photograph but the term remains. It is distortion of the electronics inside the T7 because of increased voltage. It is more akin to you turning up the volume knob, maxing it out so to speak, on your stereo and getting distortion from your systems sound quality. As a general rule you probably would want to avoid the top two native ISO values. So 6400>3200 which leaves us at ISO 1600 as the top if 'grain' is your main most concern. Even using 800 is better. On most cameras ISO 200 is the best performer for all around use photos.
A good way to try and test is to go outside on a nice sunny day, set the T7 to P mode and experiment with ISO. Set it to One shot and daylight WB. Tale a dozen or so of random shots changing the ISO manually then go back to PS and do your edits to them. Although I have had several Rebels over the years I never had a T7 but I suspect it is similar to Rebel specs. Your ISO 100 or ISO 200 will probably be your best IQ and the max you can expect from your T7.
03-06-2025 11:50 AM
Thank you for your insight! I will definitely go adjust those settings.
03-06-2025 12:25 PM
Like ebiggs1 said.
I should have explained digital "grain" better. It is NOT real grain, which is a physical property of photographic film. In digital, it is properly called "noise". Higher ISO in digital cameras results in electronic amplification, which can introduce distortion of the digital image.
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