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Yet another focus question

	Not sharp Leeandrea Benton
	Smaller aperture, still not in focus Leeandrea Benton
	In focus (very close to subject) Leeandrea Benton

I have a Nikon D80 and I feel pretty stupid for upgrading from a D50 because I thought the D80 would create sharper images. My problem is that my image are only sharp if I am right upon the subject. I've read about this in other threads and the answer tends to be to shoot with a smaller aperture to have more of your picture in focus. But I've done that and it still it seems like NONE of my subject is in focus even though I always make sure the subject's eye(s) are in the focus box. I've tried increase the ambient light (2 150 watt light bulbs) in my studio but that only helped a small bit.

I just took someone's senior portraits and can't use any of the full length shots (in fear that they'll look crappy when blown up).

At first I thought it had to do with my equipment but now I'm beginning to suspect that it's just me! Any suggestion?

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February 10, 2008

	Not in focus-face Leeandrea Benton

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February 10, 2008