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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 549980" data-attributes="member: 10543">First of all, your compositions are excellent!&nbsp; I enjoyed seeing your gallery.To address the blurriness, others will likely be able to offer more help than I, but are you shooting in JPEG Fine?&nbsp; That will give you the highest sharpness.&nbsp; Also, check your Sharpness setting -- many owners ramp this up several notches from center.I noticed too that you're shooting at very high shutter speeds between 1/1000 and 1/4000 which is excessive in these views.&nbsp; I'd suggest something near 1/500 or even 1/250 for these.&nbsp; At 1/500 and with VR on and a steady hand, images should be sharp.&nbsp; Choosing such a high shutter speed is also causing the camera to select a very high ISO at 1600, which is much too high for your beautiful bright scenes.&nbsp; With lower shutter speeds, you should be seeing ISOs in the 100 to 200 range which will also yield much improved quality.&nbsp; You may want to check your minimum ISO setting in the camera too, to be sure its set to achieve 100 if it wants to.&nbsp; In summary, settings in the general range of 1/500, f/8, ISO 200 for your photos should be appearing, and be sure to save everything in JPEG Fine.If you have your Mode Dial set to Auto and you're using a Nikon-compatible lens, I'm puzzled as to why your camera is choosing such extreme settings, but you now have a few things to check.Hope this somehow helps.&nbsp; Enjoy your D5500!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 549980, member: 10543"] First of all, your compositions are excellent! I enjoyed seeing your gallery. To address the blurriness, others will likely be able to offer more help than I, but are you shooting in JPEG Fine? That will give you the highest sharpness. Also, check your Sharpness setting -- many owners ramp this up several notches from center. I noticed too that you're shooting at very high shutter speeds between 1/1000 and 1/4000 which is excessive in these views. I'd suggest something near 1/500 or even 1/250 for these. At 1/500 and with VR on and a steady hand, images should be sharp. Choosing such a high shutter speed is also causing the camera to select a very high ISO at 1600, which is much too high for your beautiful bright scenes. With lower shutter speeds, you should be seeing ISOs in the 100 to 200 range which will also yield much improved quality. You may want to check your minimum ISO setting in the camera too, to be sure its set to achieve 100 if it wants to. In summary, settings in the [I]general range[/I] of 1/500, f/8, ISO 200 for your photos should be appearing, and be sure to save everything in JPEG Fine. If you have your Mode Dial set to Auto and you're using a Nikon-compatible lens, I'm puzzled as to why your camera is choosing such extreme settings, but you now have a few things to check. Hope this somehow helps. Enjoy your D5500! [/QUOTE]

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