Hi Rob,

I can understand where you are coming from. I had the same issue with my photos, I just wanted more depth of field but on fully auto mode it defaults to the widest aperture (narrow depth of field).

Can you change apertures on your aperture ring on your lens or is it a fully digital lens? If you change the aperture ring and still shot on auto it should be ok? Try it and check the exif information on the image.

Hope this helps

Gary