Help Pictures are too dark

[queenbee288]

Hi, I am a newbie with an A95. All the reviews I read prior to buying said this was a great point and shoot camera. All of my indoor pictures on auto come out too dark. I used flash and had all the lights in the room on. Used a tripod. Any suggestions?

[Bodryn]

If they're too dark, maybe your camera is defective. But try some more pictures before giving up. The A series cameras from Canon are good but occasionally you could run into a bad one. There aren't too many things to adjust when shooting at Automatic. It might be worth setting to P on the dial and trying again. There also you have more adjustment options, such as strength of flash and F-stop compensation. On my A70 set at automatic the flash pictures are too bright when I'm closer than about four feet.

[Pugdaddy]

It looks to me like the flash never even went off. I agree, if I get a little too close with my A75 the pics turn out too bright. I have to stay back at least about 7 or 8 feet for them to look decent. About 10 feet for good results.

[queenbee288]

thanks for the input. I guess if I had to choose between flash too strong or too weak, I would choose weak. It is easier i think to correct if they are dark rather that blown out.

Char

[queenbee288]

Just an update. I kept trying and pics didn't improve. So, I called Canon and they looked at this picture on line and said, "Yep, you gotta a problem. Probably the sensor, send it in". So off it goes. This really sucks since I have only had it for about a month. They promised it back within 15 days. No camera for 15 days!!!! Sob, cry, sniffle.

Char