Originally posted by robert All this talk and still no example of the problem??????
How dare you read my mind again and use my comment?
Seriously though, I have a couple of thoughts here, and maybe this is hijacking the thread, but without the examples, there is not a lot to hijack.
thought #1, perhaps the OP has already figured out he was doing something wrong and is a little embarrased. No worries, we all do silly things from time to time. admit it and we can all laugh togheter.
thought #2, perhaps we should have a resume under our names, sort of like how long into photography, books read, related education etc. Depending on this summary, it might cause us to think towards either basic photography issues, vs HW defects,
thought #3, should we have a separate forum discussing specific camera hardware issues, one discussing techniques, and a third as a ask for help with technique, where it won't accept a post without a photo.