SilsoeSid - hope I am not telling you something you already know but using a fast shutter speed might help. If your camera is on auto it may be using a slow shutter speed to compensate for low light - common occurence in this grey isle - thus increasing the likelihood of camera-shake which will give unsharp images...
A rule of thumb is to use a shutter speed the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens ie if you are using a 200mm telescopic lense use a shutter speed no slower than a 200th of a second, or if using a 85mm lens no slower than an 85th of a second and so on. Camera-shake is also more noticable with telescopic lenses than wide-angle ones.
Of course it is often impossible to alter any of these settings on point and shoot digital cameras...
Last edited by mike papa delta; 12th Sep 2004 at 17:00.