Originally posted by mikecomua there's a lot of noise,
Your ISO is set too high, or you are pushing the brightness underexposed images up too far
Originally posted by mikecomua the images are extremely blurry,
You either have your shutter speed set too long, or you are not focused
Originally posted by mikecomua the camera captures very few details
You might be using a poor quality lens, or it could be a combination of the above noise and blurriness wiping details
Originally posted by mikecomua and overall the photos look like crap...
Sounds like a combination of all of the above. The camera is certainly capable of taking great images, even with the kit lens. Perhaps posting one of the terrible images on here will help us diagnose the issues rather than just guessing at them based off of clues such as, they look like crap.