Hey Jordy,
I did also use a S8000fd for a long time and it's a nice camera. But you use it on a wrong way. That doesn't matter off course, but here are some tips to improve your pictures!
First, never use digital zoom! Not with this camera, also not with other camera's. Digital zoom means cropping a picture. And then, the quality will become very bad!
On the second and the third picture, the subject is too far to get a nice picture. Now, you don't see any detail, but only a small "spot". Wait for the moment that the subject is close enough the photograph it.
With the S8000fd you can take very nice pictures! But use your camera on the right way! With this camera, you can choose for automatic photographing or manually photographing. With auto you can easily make pictures. But with manually you can improve the quality of your pictures! Just try some settings, and get very nice pictures. If you're not confesses to the technique of photographing, visit the website [url]http://www.fotografietips.nl/[/ur]. This website will learn you in easy steps how to photograph on the right way! And off course, use the manual of your camera. Don't have any? Search on google and you can download a free one (in every language you want

Now, I'm using a DSLR camera. But I was always very happy with the S8000fd!
Good luck and have fun with photographing! If you want to get advices, you can always start a topic in "'t Praethuys". Upload your picture and ask how to improve it, there are always people to help you

gr Danny