I just bought and can't find where I can take a photo with a fill flash for when I'm in the sun yet part of my subject is shaded. Am I just missing it
289031
Get off of Auto. Shoot in Program mode, and you can use fill flash. Set flash to "always on" in Program. That is "fill flash." Turn it off when you don't need it.
289032
In Auto mode the Elph will do a fill flash when software determines it's needed. There are manual modes, but I haven't explored them because the software pretty much does all the composition work.
289033
Download the user's manual and refer to the section on using the semi-automatic mode, which gives the choice of using the flash, auto flash or no flash settings.
778319
hello; keep your shutter speed slow. best to soot on overcast days. shooting into direct sun light is tricky. have the sun at your back,to bring the shading out in a more dramatic fashion. shoot lots of film.
1364400
Yes, I recently took photos in bright sunlight of my flowers in full bloom. I have had no problems with outdoor photos,but I think they turn out better if you keep the sun behind you. I love this camera. It's my second one. It's a simple camera & for the price you can't beat the quality of the photos.
1231159
I used it to take photos for E-Bay but only under controlled light conditions. Using normal ambient indoor lighting did not work well for me and the flash created shadows. Ultimately got rid of this camera so don't know if an external flash can be attached - sorry.
643835
The only thing is that when you try to take a photo with flash, the lens covers the flash, so in other words you would get the best use when... Out side :)
950344
Sorry man I have not used it yet. On my others camera it is a setting I can change. I'll look at the camera when I get home and see if I can help out. I have been out of town. I'll get back this weekend
804332
I am no expert with digital cameras, but make sure you take photos away from windows ..have the windows behind you otherwise the light coming through the windows will drown out the subjects being photographed ..a medium setting might work ..wish I could provide more info ! ..try using flash on every photo ..auto is okay, but I prefer to use flash continuously ..it helps to eliminate shadows under bright sun light conditions ..good luck ! !
761751
There is a button on the left side of the camera that will rise the flash. In most cases, you won't need the flash, but you can use it if you wish.
1082490
I corrected the problem on my camera. To do this, I went to MENU, selected SETUP (third menu on left), then went to page 2. Under LCD MODE, press the right MENU Toggle button. It is probably set to OFF. Set it on the next item down which is a sqare with an A and a star in it. That sets the LCD to the Auto light mode. That took care of my problem. Now when I take a flash it doesn't get dark. In looking at the photos on my computer, the photos looked ok. They weren't dark. It is just a LCD problem. That took care of it for me. Try that one time.
136305
I have been trying to do that same thing. Some scenes get messed up by the auto-exposure. A couple steps down in the settings you can change how bright or dark the picture is but that pesky auto-exposure is still active. Let's hope if they ever put up another firmware update that they include that functionality like when they added the timer function.
2035725
The built-in flash can be used. It will create a dark area when you shoot close to the housing. The housing comes with a diffuser that will spread the light out and make a more even disbursement of light. When I use the internal flash I always try to ensure that my subject is in the top half of the frame.
1780729
No use in daylight or get a led flash light and use 400 ASA film Fuji works good. And use a tripod. Long exposure product real interesting photographs.
287473
I haven't tried it in bright sunlight, yet. Good question though, as I hadn't thought about the lack of a normal viewfinder. Might hold on to my old camera just in case, it took great daytime shots but was poor in low light situations.
1394882
Yes, it is visible in just about all sunny conditions. In those cases where the sun is in direct line with the subject, just by looking at the screen at a slight angle will allow you to see the subject in the screen and you can still take the picture. I never had any problems with the sun, either. Hope this helps.
1865542
I was making an outdoor backdrop. When it was early morning and in the shade with no back lighting it worked fine. But assoon as the sun would hit something bright in the background or the sun came out and hit the back it showed real bad. I did not test to see how it work if the sun was hitting the front.
1747119
You can set it based on the type of picture.. I have mine on burst and it takes it instantly. There are also advanced exposure settings and color preferences.
754359
Manually it works great, but the auto?.....not so well. Took some outdoor pics of my nephew's. It was a sunny day, no clouds. Went to take a pic under a tree but it was so bright behind him, he was a black silhouette. Tried zooming in and out to try to get it to recognize where I wanted it to focus; it it didn't work. Tried turning the flash on while in the auto setting. It wouldn't work either. Have to go into program settings to get the force flash to work. Have to adjust the aperture to get the backlight (not every time, but whenever it won't do it automatically.)