I shot some pictures in JPG format on my Nikon 6 pixel. They are soft, is there way to fix them in PhotoShop?

That's a 'maybe'
Are the shots really worth it?
Are they important for professional use or personal where a little less than perfect will be ok?
Hi...
Can ya show an example?

next time you use the camera turn off 'macro lens'

Well, if it's only 6 pixels, no wonder it's blurry! You should upgrade to at least a six megapixel if you'd like clearer shots.

I'm picturing a Flintstone's style camera. You know with the bird chiseling the image into a stone slab?

If it is camera blur/motion blur... you can play a little with the sharpen filter in photoshop/CS, but it really only sharpens and defines edges. To test this, take the image, and duplicate the background layer (this way you work with the copy and not the original - 'nondestructive editing'), and then sharpen that layer repeatedly. In your history palette, you can go to each sharpen step you did to see exactly what has happened to the image. There is a point where you can go too far and you will notice it (best if viewed at 100-200%). Go back 2 steps from that, and that is as good as that image gets!

It could also be interpulation... where an image is taken and saved at a certain file size/type/profile, and then made larger or saved as a higher quality format, etc. The computer/program then tries to guess which colour should fill the pixels in between, and usually chooses from a colour beside the empty pixel... thus making the image appear blurry. The solution to this is to use the original file size first, and don't up the image size... or if possible... save the image as a raw image or tiff... do all the work you need to do, and then convert it to jpeg. If the image is a 4x6 at 150 dpi, don't convert it to a 8x10 150 dpi, or it will do the same!

As far as taking a picture without blur... the human hand can hold a camera stable enough at 1/60 sec. So if there is a 1/60 or a 60 setting for your shutter speed, then set it to this or faster (being 1/125, 1/250, 1/500... or sometimes seen as 125, 250, 500, etc). The problem therein lies with the amount of light you may need to get a good exposure. There may not be enough!

good luck!
(sorry for being so long winded)

it would help to know what camera yo're talkin about, if it's a compact one, the suggestion is to get a tripod or drink some tea with a calming effect If you got a reflex camera then remember that tripod is quite certainly necessary at speeds that are lower that your lenss' focus lenght, if it's a 55mm lens, shoot at 1/60th and above for sharp images. The best cure for fuzzyness is taking a good shot, there's very little you can do after that.

there are in camera settings for sharpness, it could be set low.
I don't know how much of a difference these make.

thx for the tip miss very cool; ill use it when shooting my paintings;)

another tip for you:
if you are serious about copy work (photographing your paintings) DON'T USE ON CAMERA FLASH!

light the painting with two lights on each side at a 45 degree angle to the piece. The lights should have equal light output (not just wattage, but colour of light - kelvins) so if you have to use what you have, and all you have are regular tungsten bulbs, make sure they are both brand new, that way each one is equivalent in the light it puts out, then you can white balance with your camera, or colour correct in photoshop. You won't get the best results, but pretty good just the same! It works best with strobe lights/flashes, again at 45 degree angles to the painting!

also best to use a tripod, and set ISO at 50-100, and increase the exposure time if you have to.

good luck!