Kodak quality?

Published by: smith 2010-03-14

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I have a DX6340, and am finding it to have poor dof qualities. I can get a blurry background only if the subject is close to me.
If I am 5 feet or more from the subject, the background is not blurry (I want it to be blurry). Changing aperature doesn't have any effect on this either.
Is this a poor quality of the camera?

Also, the aperature can only go to a 5.6 unless I have it zoomed out as far as possible, then it will offer anywhere from 8.0 to 13.0. Is this common?

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Yes. You need a DSLR if you want to fight this.

Read here about apertures:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18191

Cheers