Blurry photos

Hello. I use D5200 and i cant seem to figure out how to do this. I ve been tryina figure out for 2 days.
here it is. my camera focuses on some object or some part of the scene. I wanna shoot photos without anywhere in focus. Or it focuses on everywhere. I dont know i just picked it up. I dont know anything about cameras. Which mode and settings should i use?
I do 3D modelling and some parts of my model looks blurry. I blend textures.
I feel no way this is blurry i got it. But after blendng textures some parts of it looks blurry.

Welcome to the forum,we really need you to post some examples.

Look to the both sides.

Set your camera to matrix metering. What you show looks like spot metering. By the way...what lens are you using?

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What aperture did you use because you are short on DOF,

How do i do that? Im using the lens come with it.
Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm VR

mikew said:

What aperture did you use because you are short on DOF,

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6.3 i guess. its the F one right?

Try the same shot at f16 just out of interest, it may put you on the right track.

The 18-55 lens has a switch on the side of it that says VR. Make sure it's on, hold the camera really steady, and shoot. However, make sure you have enough light shining on your subject.

Most of the questions you might have are all covered in your Owner's Manual. I suggest you read that first.

mikew said:

Try the same shot at f16 just out of interest, it may put you on the right track.

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Its still blurry. Tried with 29 also.

fotojack said:

The 18-55 lens has a switch on the side of it that says VR. Make sure it's on, hold the camera really steady, and shoot. However, make sure you have enough light shining on your subject.

Most of the questions you might have are all covered in your Owner's Manual. I suggest you read that first.

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I have enough light. Its steady. It looks sharp but after i transfer to PC i can see out of focus spots.

There should be more of it in focus though,i think you need to research depth off field to show you how to proceed.

thx ill look into that.

1) The 18-55 is not exactly the best lens to take close ups with.

2) If you want really sharp photos, use a tripod and turn off the VR on the lens.

3) It may look sharp on your LED screen on the back of the camera, but that's not the ideal way to tell if your shots are sharp.

4) Looking through the view finder, do you notice the little green dot in the left corner? That tells you if you're in focus.

5) As I mentioned earlier, set your metering to Matrix, and use a smaller aperture, such as f/11 or 4/16.

Instructions for setting your metering are found in your Owners Manual.

Thank you. It seems aperture 16 looks ok if its not close up. Im gettin manual from the box.
But now shutter speed too low im holdng my breath it still aint good enough as high shutter speed.

it was matrix all along.

In a perfect setup for what you have to take this shot you need a tripod. This will allow you to keep the ISO low, the aperture narrow, and not have to worry about shutter speed since both your camera and subject will be completely still. You'll want to back your camera away from the subject a bit, this will allow for a great depth of field, allowing your subject to be completely in focus from front to back. After you've taken then shot then you can crop it in post and tighten up on it to make it appear that the camera was closer to the subject than it actually was.

Welcome and good luck!

10 Gauge said:

In a perfect setup for what you have to take this shot you need a tripod. This will allow you to keep the ISO low, the aperture narrow, and not have to worry about shutter speed since both your camera and subject will be completely still. You'll want to back your camera away from the subject a bit, this will allow for a great depth of field, allowing your subject to be completely in focus from front to back. After you've taken then shot then you can crop it in post and tighten up on it to make it appear that the camera was closer to the subject than it actually was.

Welcome and good luck!

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Thank you. I though about tripod but i shoot photos from weird positions. Bottom of object - sky like those.

Shade333 said:

Its still blurry. Tried with 29 also.

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So when you shoot with a high aperture, you need to make sure that you have plenty of light. When you close that aperture (increase the #) then you are actually restricting the ammout of light that the sensor sees. To compensate, the camera will typically increase your shutter speed (leaves the shutter open longer so more light will come into the sensor) during that process of your hand shakes a little, it well blur.

If you can't feet more light, use a tripod so that your camera stays still. Or increase your ISO to 200 then 400 then 800 then 1600 until it looks good.

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