Using Fill flash with G6

This may sound stupid but I have trouble setting up some of the pictures I took using flash. Some are either too bright or too dark. I would also like to know how to master fill-flash.

Thanx in advance.

Using fill flash is a great way to improve your images. You can activate it by selecting the always fire flash mode (lightning bolt with A). To get the best pictures, keep in mind that the flash works best in illuminating things up to 10-12' away from the camera. If you are too close, you risk overpowering the image with light and vice versa.

Yes, you need to select the always fire flash mode, but that's the lightning bolt by itself, and not the one with the A. (A=automatic, which means the camera decides whether or not to fire.)

You can also adjust the strength of your fill flash through the flash exposure compensation in your camera (available by hitting the function button and selecting it, not the regular exposure compensation on the Omniselector button on the back of the camera).

I think a common problem is that the camera automatically uses a shutter speed of 1/250 or slower to achieve sync. Since the smallest aperture is f8 you may get overexposure particularly if you have e.i. set at anything but 50.