Night shots with Canon Powershot A620

[Accord07]

I have a Canon A620 7.1MP, great camera, works great, have had for a year
still havent figured out how to take good night shots, like the pics come out ultra dark, or with flash super bright. how can i level this to take good pics ?

[J-specCb4]

put the camera in manual mode and read the owners manual.... honestly this is the best way for me to tell u because all cameras are different in how they distinguish shutter speed, aperture, etc.... so basically when u figure out how to adjust exposure(shutter speed, and aperture) when u figure that out turn the flash off and take some longer exposures.... i hope this helps....

[Accord07]

i know how to adjust the shutter speed, and i think you probably are right about that too.
i have manual mode and AV mode, which is shutter priority mode i think
thanks

[NAiL05]

Readint the manual helps a lot. And just going out there playing with the camera helps too. Personally I read part of the manual then gave up...So I started runnin around playing with the camera and learned it that way.

[starchland]

tripod

[accordaffair]

Shutter priority, tripod (or stable surface, out of your hands), flash off, set the shutter speed to something longer...start at say 1/4 second and increase or decrease depending on how the shots come out. Take lots of shots using different modes (ie, changing shutter/aperture manually)

[maroonaccord2.2]

My point-and-shoot has a manual "ISO" setting, I use that and turn the flash off.

I just did a quick search and found this:

http://www.digitalfunstuff.com.au/di..._canonA620.htm

[NAiL05]

photography-on-the-net search for the forums on the internet. Its a really good canon based site. I am on there. Some really good pictures and helpful information. But search before asking.