Can I get better quality pictures with my camera?

Today I bought a Samsung TS65, and being 14 megapixels I expected high quality pics from this camera, but my 4MP nikon seems to give much better quality pictures. Is there something I can do to improve the quality on this camera… Cause the pics suck

Added (1). The Deatils: The pictures are grainy / not sharp enough… It looks like the quality on an order cell phone, the pics are not intense in color and most important of all not vivid enough…

You've learned the truth which is that more megapixels doesn't mean a better picture. Lots of other factors affect picture quality, including the optics, the sensor, and the software.

First, make sure the camera is in auto mode and you are shooting either in a well lit (daylight) place or have the flash turned on. Beyond that, I think you will need to give more detail about how the pictures suck before you can get useful help…

Are they too dark/light? Are the colors wrong? Are they too blurry? Are they too washed out or too intense? Are they too grainy or pixelated?

A high technical quality requires a high technical quality camera - this is not one of them. When you buy a camera of this caliber - basically cheap, you can expect a cheap outcome.

Yes the truth is, quality cost money because it's expensive to make. More mp doesn't always mean better pictures. The fact is a 6mp dslr camera will out shoot any point and shoot all day long.

Sorry, but that's the way it really is.

With cameras, you usually DO get what you pay for. The ST65 is a budget priced camera (that you can buy for less than $100 from Amazon) so, you can generally expect some compromise in image quality or performance from such a cheap camera.

High MP in a camera with a very small image sensor (like your ST65) is actually worse… So you will have even higher levels of image degradation and noise. On a point and shoot, less MP is usually better.

MP aside… Good image quality largely depends on the actual camera brand, the image processor used in the camera, as well, as the sensor and optics. As an example… Even a budget priced point and shoot camera from Canon will most often produce better quality images than many other point and shoot cameras in the same class. That's mostly due to Canon's excellent Digic image processor. They've been dedicated to making cameras for many years, after all… And they do 'get it right' most of the time.

With your camera… For the best possible image quality, you will need to shoot outdoors in good light. Avoid low light. Other than that, there's not much you can do other than to return it and buy a better one. I recommend ANY Canon camera in your price range. Even their most basic point and shoot will produce very good quality images (taking into account that low light shooting can be a struggle for most point and shoot cameras… That's due to their small image sensor). Http://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/compacts