D7000 picture grainy compared to D90

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I purchased a used D7000 yesterday with 8200 shutter counts. I decided to test against my D90. I used a 35mm f1.8, same ISO 250 and shutter speed of 1/80. I shot in RAW and no adjustments were made. Cropped at 100%. The d90 picture looks more sharp while the D7000 picture looked more grainy with less details (harder to read the print). I'm wondering if there's something wrong with my camera or perhaps my settings are incorrect for the D7000 and i need to adjust my test.</p>

<p>I attached the screen shot of the two side by side in LR. Left is D90, right is D7000. Thanks</p>

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<p>Hi, if you want to do a real comparison, you need to downsize the D7000 image to the same size as the D90 (as the D7000 has more pixels, at 100% you are looking at a larger enlargement); plus both cameras may requires different amounts of sharpening - any RAW image requires some sharpening, and it really depends on each camera (resolution, AA filter or not etc.) how much.So, your comparison isn't entirely fair.<br>

Looking the the screenshot though, it looks like the focus on the D7000 is a bit off.</p>

<p>Thanks , I will try to test it again and change the resolution to match the D90. Both shots were using single focus center weighted on the same piece of text on the paper. But i'll try it with a tripod to rule out any inconsistencies.</p>

<p>While larger, the D7000 shot looks out of focus, sort of like what I get when I take my glasses off. If you were focusing manually, I would say to adjust the diopter on the D7000. But since this is not the case, make sure that the paper appears in focus while looking through the viewfinder. If it is and the camera beeps to indicate auto-focus and you get the same results, even when you downsize the image, try a different lens or different subject to troubleshoot the D7000. </p>

<p>Hi PY--<br>

Just as a side note, I would suggest that perhaps you shoot something a little less personal (when it comes to personal information) that gets posted to the web. You never know what sorts of information someone may be able to take from this shot and use in some nefarious way. I'm generally not the paranoid type--but you never know to what extremes some people will go through to get information on/about people. If you want to shoot text, perhaps a book or newspaper would be a better choice.</p>

<p>As Wouter and Robert have already said, you need to get the D7000 shot in focus - it's way off. And why not post 100% crops of the original files rather than a screen shot?</p>

<p>Ditto on the focus. Try using manual focus. If it's off you have a camera issue. Can you return the camera?</p>

<p>I wonder if it was dropped and knocked the focusing screen out of alignment or the lens flange distance?</p>

<p>You're way out of focus on the D7000. Use LiveView, use AF fine tune, use manual focus, but whatever you do, do something. Probably better to use some kind of backfocus/frontfocus test target just to make sure the camera isn't systematically focusing too close or too long.</p>