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I am a beginner at photography and recently got a camera (Nikon D5600). I watched a few videos on how to use it but I am still finding it difficult to operate. I have several questions but the main one is how to make pictures sharper?

I have an iPhone X which takes better pictures, when I zoom in I can see the image clearly, however when I zoom in on a photo with my camera, everything is kind of blurry. The photos I’m using as comparison are the ones from the SnapBridge app.

Does anyone have any tips on how to learn the best way to take pictures or how to at least make my pictures a higher resolution?

This is the image from my iPhone:

Picture from iPhone

This is the image from my D5600 and 18-55 kit lens @28mm:

Settings: M mode, ISO 800, 1/200s, f/13, shooting RAW+jpeg.

Picture from Nikon D5600

inkista
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    What are the two example photos? Is the first from your iPhone and the second from your Nikon? Are these even photos you took, or are these photos you want to emulate? Your question isn't very clear. – Michael C Jun 02 '21 at 04:45
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    Part of the explanation is likely in the camera settings; so posting the pictures with the EXIF data left in them is somewhat required. If you don't want to post the full-size picture, a crop left at 100% size of the same part of both pictures will also allow comparisons that aren't skewed by the scaling process. – xenoid Jun 02 '21 at 06:31
  • imgur strips out metadata, so the settings can't be obtained from the images. You'll have to explicitly include them with your question. 2. A relevant setting is F-stop. Smaller F-number = larger aperture = shallow DOF = less in focus. High F-number = smaller aperture = deep DOF, but diffraction = more in "focus", but looks blurry. 3. You are using a DSLR. Focus calibration could be off. Try live view to see if that resolves the problem.
    • – xiota Jun 02 '21 at 08:14
  • Basically, the first photo is taken by the iPhone X and the second with the camera. When looking at the photos on my phone, I can see that the photos taken with the iPhone have a higher resolution, I am wondering how to make camera photos sharper and less blurry? – Dāku Neko Jun 02 '21 at 12:57
  • I am very new to these terminologies and I am trying to study it properly, I will attempt to add a photo of the settings used for the photo taken by the camera – Dāku Neko Jun 02 '21 at 12:59
  • Overall, i am looking for some sort of accurate tutorial on how to understand what settings are most appropriate for any given environment setting. Also I cant seem to take a HQ picture that is blurred – Dāku Neko Jun 02 '21 at 13:11
  • Your iPhone has 12 megapixels and your Nikon has 24 megapixels, so in theory the latter is capable of appearing better than the former, the opposite of what you are describing. But as all the above comments point out, the question is missing the most significant information that's required for this to be answered: what the cameras were set to when the photos were taken? – Ray Butterworth Jun 02 '21 at 14:02
  • I have added photos above with the settings of the photo at the time when the picture was taken – Dāku Neko Jun 02 '21 at 14:36
  • Perhaps you're running in to depth of field issues. Small-sensor cameras like your phone camera have a much wider depth of field [DOF] (more stuff in focus) than the larger sensor in your DSLR which will have a narrower DOF (less stuff in focus). This will be clearly evident in your example shots. – qrk Jun 02 '21 at 21:18
  • What lens did you get with the D5600? These days, when going up against a quality smartphone, you are going up against a fast aspheric wideangle. Which tends to be NOT the kind of lens included in an entry level DSLR kit. – rackandboneman Jun 03 '21 at 02:08
  • @rackandboneman, the OP added that information in image form, and I removed it in an edit. reinstated it; an 18-55 kit was used. – inkista Jun 03 '21 at 03:20