Why so dark?

Absolutely not. You have posted many helpful posts. Go back and look at ACDCRocks posts in this thread and tell me they are not troll-like.

I did re-read my post and I guess I didn't narrow it down enough. Sorry about that. But if you had left the last part of that paragraph in the quote you would see that I was not talking about you or the other very helpful posters.

And thanks. I'm having fun with the pole.

I know you didn't mean to direct this comment to all of us, because certainly most contributing to this thread fully understand that the G6 with a 430EX is more than enough camera for this particular situation. Many of us that post on this forum don't bother going to a particular section and instead click "New Posts" to read anything new and interesting, then contribute is someone needs some help.

The OP doesn't need a DSLR, we just have to dig a bit deeper to see what parameter was set wrong. This is quite an interesting problem, and frankly I can't see how any of us with a DSLR (or SLR or rangefineder) couldn't have the same issue.

Personally I wish I had a G6 to add to my gear, it's a beauty of a camera.