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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 155422" data-attributes="member: 3903"><p><strong>Re: New user, very confused and need advice!</strong></p><p></p><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>I think that you are not doing anything wrong and the camera is not faulty. I think that your expectations were just wrong. A powershot camera had a very short focal length lens because the sensor was much smaller than what you have on the D7000. This would allow you to have more depth of field and also take pictures of objects much closer. The Canon also probably had a longer reach zoom than the 18-105. </p><p></p><p>You either will have to learn the camera's and lens basic limitations and work with them or get a simpler point & shoot camera. Photography is not a simple thing to learn, and the more advanced is the equipment, the more control it gives you, but if your expectations are wrong for the lens you have, then your relationship with your camera will not be a happy one.</p><p></p><p>If you want to have objects that you photograph from less than 10 feet away appear larger than they appear with the naked eyes, you will have to enlarge your picture quite a bit. Have you tried looking at your pictures at full 100% resolution on a computer? A D7000 image at full size is quite big as far as I'm concerned. Big enough for enlargements for sure.</p><p></p><p>This is all I can think for now, I just hope it answers a bit to your questions.</p><p></p><p>All the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 155422, member: 3903"] [b]Re: New user, very confused and need advice![/b] Welcome to the forum. I think that you are not doing anything wrong and the camera is not faulty. I think that your expectations were just wrong. A powershot camera had a very short focal length lens because the sensor was much smaller than what you have on the D7000. This would allow you to have more depth of field and also take pictures of objects much closer. The Canon also probably had a longer reach zoom than the 18-105. You either will have to learn the camera's and lens basic limitations and work with them or get a simpler point & shoot camera. Photography is not a simple thing to learn, and the more advanced is the equipment, the more control it gives you, but if your expectations are wrong for the lens you have, then your relationship with your camera will not be a happy one. If you want to have objects that you photograph from less than 10 feet away appear larger than they appear with the naked eyes, you will have to enlarge your picture quite a bit. Have you tried looking at your pictures at full 100% resolution on a computer? A D7000 image at full size is quite big as far as I'm concerned. Big enough for enlargements for sure. This is all I can think for now, I just hope it answers a bit to your questions. All the best. [/QUOTE]
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