RAW photos grainy?

[kbpixx]

Okay, I posted a photo in the critique this week, and I was advised to take photos in raw... Maybe its just me, but EVERY photo I have in RAW is grainy and looks TERRIBLE! please help!!

-Kb

[kirbinster]

Well as the name implies, raw photos are "raw" and not processed. You need to apply noise reduction, sharpening, lens correction, etc.... yourself. Why do that when you can shoot jpeg --- because you and your big computer can do a better job than the tiny computer in the camera.

[Jim Bryant]

Check your ISO,f-stop or shutter speed settings. You might be underexposing too much. That's one way to get grain and then having to lighten the photo up a lot will show grain.

[metallion58]

Yes, they do.
When you take a picture in jpeg, the camera take the pic, apply some treatment and compression in-camera and you've got a final pic, all developed.
A RAW file is the same pic without the extra treatment and compression. A digital negative if you will, that you have to develop yourself. The file keep more information and the process gives you more control on the output.
But, as is, the RAW file will always look worst than the jpeg.
It need some extra work - post production.

[kbpixx]

Thanks. I'm new to this and was freaking out bc I thought I may have to redo the shoot. I've normally always shot as JPEG, not RAW. Thanks for your help, I'll just have to "baby" it then, thanks

[metallion58]

Check out the site.
Plenty of tutorial here on how to baby your pics.