joe1

Loving the spidey photos. Here's a couple of mine.

Strange that it does that in auto. In aperture priority mode you are essentially setting the depth of field. The lower the number as in 2.8 in some of the photos the blurrier the backround. The higher the number the more of the background will be in focus. Depends on the type of photography you are doing. If outdoors then f11 to about f15 is usually good. For portraits then i would start at f10 and work my way down depending on how much blur in the background you want to achieve. The amount of lighting is important too. In that situation a tripod would have been better as the slow shutter speed means the hands generally move around too much :D

Hi Nushie If you dont own a tripod I would put the money towards that. Especially for portrait and landscape shots. Later you may want to get a better flash also. The prime lens has the advantage in lower light and the pictures will be sharper but for landscapes the kit lens you have will be better. Also the kit lens zoom in and out, so better in that you dont have to change lenses all the time and you can use it for portraits also. I think use the one you have to practice lots first. On a side note the sensor in your camera is also known as a crop sensor and is smaller than a full frame. What that means is that the 50mm lens fitted to your camera will actually be about 75mm. Hope that helps <img src='http://www.dolforums.com.au/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />