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<blockquote data-quote="Ruby Gold" data-source="post: 576481" data-attributes="member: 42618">Hi all. After 10 years of using my <a href="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d40-111/" target="_blank">D40</a>&nbsp; that I loved, I decided to upgrade to a D3300. Came with 18 - 55 and 55&nbsp; - 200 lenses. I'm used to getting nice sharp images with my D40 and&nbsp; expected it to be even better with a 10 years newer camera! In settings, I chose Fine and Large size, respectively. I shoot in&nbsp; Manual and choose ISO, Ap and Shutter Speed based on conditions for the&nbsp; exposure I want. So far, almost every shot I take looks fine when&nbsp; viewing the image on my computer at about 50% or so of the resolution,&nbsp; but when I pump it up to 100%, they're muddy, not sharp! I can't figure&nbsp; out why. This is really bumming me out and I'm wondering if something&nbsp; might be wrong with the camera. Any thoughts about that - or what could&nbsp; be the cause? Here's two example of images with focus that looks okay,&nbsp; but when you make it 100% - it's actual size -not super sharp. Neither&nbsp; are great photos - just examples of what I'm talking about.Other kind of silly question - I was experimenting with using back&nbsp; button focusing and can't figure out how to turn it off and return to&nbsp; depressing shutter button half-way for focus. Can anyone tell me?All help appreciated. Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruby Gold, post: 576481, member: 42618"] Hi all. After 10 years of using my [URL="http://nikonites.com/products/dslr-3/d40-111/"]D40[/URL] that I loved, I decided to upgrade to a D3300. Came with 18 - 55 and 55 - 200 lenses. I'm used to getting nice sharp images with my D40 and expected it to be even better with a 10 years newer camera! In settings, I chose Fine and Large size, respectively. I shoot in Manual and choose ISO, Ap and Shutter Speed based on conditions for the exposure I want. So far, almost every shot I take looks fine when viewing the image on my computer at about 50% or so of the resolution, but when I pump it up to 100%, they're muddy, not sharp! I can't figure out why. This is really bumming me out and I'm wondering if something might be wrong with the camera. Any thoughts about that - or what could be the cause? Here's two example of images with focus that looks okay, but when you make it 100% - it's actual size -not super sharp. Neither are great photos - just examples of what I'm talking about.Other kind of silly question - I was experimenting with using back button focusing and can't figure out how to turn it off and return to depressing shutter button half-way for focus. Can anyone tell me?All help appreciated. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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