got ur point, i was just trying to get some reasons and convince myself to keep my camera. sometimes I'm thinking of switching to canon. I don't know if it's only me(since i'm just a newbie)or my camera but it seems i can't get the most out of my camera.tried to do all the tweakings already but not yet satisfied with it(well i just hope it's just me)another problem is can't find a really interesting subject....

i looked at your photos and really can't see any differences unless I zoom it out and look at the larger files. thanks for the reply.