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<blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 518292" data-attributes="member: 22693">@<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-6277-don-kuykendall.html" target="_blank">Don Kuykendall</a> is correct. You need to get out of auto mode, otherwise all you have is a very expensive point and shoot camera.Learn the Exposure Triangle and see how each piece&nbsp; interacts with one another.<a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography/" target="_blank">Learning about Exposure - The Exposure Triangle - Digital Photography School</a>I was the same when I started out myself. I was not happy with the images I was getting from my phone, so I tried a point and shoot camera. Still not happy I read about DSLRs and purchased a D3100. I was using it in auto mode at first like a point and shoot and could not figure out why my expensive(to me) new camera was not producing better pictures than my phone.I then did much searching and realized that if I wanted better images I would have to learn photography, which means more than just pointing the camera and clicking the shutter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blacktop, post: 518292, member: 22693"] @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-6277-don-kuykendall.html"]Don Kuykendall[/URL] is correct. You need to get out of auto mode, otherwise all you have is a very expensive point and shoot camera. Learn the Exposure Triangle and see how each piece interacts with one another. [URL="http://digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography/"]Learning about Exposure - The Exposure Triangle - Digital Photography School[/URL] I was the same when I started out myself. I was not happy with the images I was getting from my phone, so I tried a point and shoot camera. Still not happy I read about DSLRs and purchased a D3100. I was using it in auto mode at first like a point and shoot and could not figure out why my expensive(to me) new camera was not producing better pictures than my phone. I then did much searching and realized that if I wanted better images I would have to learn photography, which means more than just pointing the camera and clicking the shutter. [/QUOTE]

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