Re: New Camera Help - Depth Of Focus

"Lee" <leemeadowcroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:2f9e7c60-5766-47bd-b6cf-7f9f6521b3ed@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I've recently bought my first Digital SLR, a Nikon D40 with 18-55mm
> lens. The quality of pictures it's taking is great. I'm mostly playing
> around with the preset scenes before getting in to the more
> complicated settings. The only trouble I am having is with the depth
> of field, I can get my object (person, boat, whatever) in focus but
> everything else in the picture is out of focus, noticeably. Comparing
> this with my Kodak point-and-click, I used to take a picture and my
> foreground and background would both be perfectly focused
> auotmatically but I can't seem to acheive the same with my SLR. The
> following is a link to a picture taken with my point-and-click where I
> have good depth of field but I can't see how to acheive this with my
> new camera (http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=3&p=506700).
Any
> advice on firstly, why this is the case and secondly, how to correct
> it, would be very appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lee

Getting advice on here is like asking small children to plumb in your new 
gas cooker. Things will go bang very quickly.

If you are that concerned I recommend getting a book on the subject rather

than 'opinions' on here.