"Alex" <ciao@bo.it> wrote in message news:3EF57477.2000805@bo.it...
> Hi, I have a little problem with my coolpix 3100, when I take photos in
> daylight they are very sharp, perfect! But when I take photos inside,
> during a party for example they are not perfect.
> If I put the scene mode (party) they look more brigth but if someone
> move it it became moved!

You mean blurred?  Sounds like the flash is in "Slow" mode which
is Nikons' term for "Flash Fill"  (using the flash as a fill light)
used to accentuate foreground subjects while also exposeing properly
for a darker background.  Like a shot of your girlfriend against
an awesome dark red sunset or something.



> if I put in auto mode they come quite good but a bit dark.

Sounds like the speed flash or the deep flash is on.  What's the
nominal distance for the 3100 built-in flash again?  25feet?

Stuff farther away will look dark.



> Is there a combination of settings that i can put in manual mode so that
>   my photos in these situations come good?

No I don't think so.  You've reached the limits of your equipment
in that particular setting.   If you /need/ to get better results
try with an external flash.  Or set several slaved flash pods up
around the shot.



> Thanks

NP,   and hey don't take my opinion as concrete.  Play around.  You
might come up with something that work better than what your trying
now.





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