FinePix S5200 zoom not working right?

[spandxtria]

I just bought this camera today after having been told it would take great close-ups of small things such as jewellery. I've spent 2 hours going through the book and fiddling with the camera but and can't take a decent picture of a ring with it. I can take a close-up of someone across the room so their head fills the whole viewfinder and it looks great. But something small is just a big blur. Yes I have it on macro and I also hold the shutter down part way to focus but it just will not focus on small things. Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong, or is this camera really not made for zooming in on smaller things? thanks a lot...J

[Dudewayne]

Did you try having the control to auto and the af locked....?