camera different position/view on render I position my camera close to my object. In "Camera Persp" I see my object very close. This is what I want.
Now when I hit F12 to render my object, but it always renders from a wrong distance/position further away.

What setting might I have accidentally enabled?
F12 always renders the active camera. If you want to move active camera to current viewport position, press Ctrl+Alt+Numpad 0. 

After that, you may want to press Shift+F to fine tune the camera view.