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I don't see the arrow in the second pic, but I figured it out... woah... those superzoon cameras have come a long way since I bought my first compact (only 4x zoom).

Hi Everyone,

My favorite little camera died from unknown causes. I went out a couple of months ago and upgraded to my first SLR camera. I got a Nikon D3100. It was in my price range, and it was not overly complicated as far as functioning. I have one major issue with it. All of the photos I shoot all turn out dark. I do not know if it is the camera itself, or I just need to buy a brighter flash for it. Any Suggestions?

Winnie wrote:Hi Everyone,

My favorite little camera died from unknown causes. I went out a couple of months ago and upgraded to my first SLR camera. I got a Nikon D3100. It was in my price range, and it was not overly complicated as far as functioning. I have one major issue with it. All of the photos I shoot all turn out dark. I do not know if it is the camera itself, or I just need to buy a brighter flash for it. Any Suggestions?

First, welcome back Winnie! Good to see you again. Congrats! That looks like a nice camera.

Is it only your flash shots that come out dark? What about non-flash shots? If you post a couple of the problem photos, we can take a closer look. And if you can tell us some of your camera settings for them, all the better. We'll get to the bottom of it!

all of them? Even outdoors in daylight?

Pretty much, unless it is out in the open sunlight.

Double check your exposure compensation value, as described on page 81 of your owners manual. It should read 0.0 as a baseline, and is not re-set when you turn the camera off. If the underexposure is a recurring problem, you can use this function to correct it, especially as you get used to the way your camera is metering the exposure.

Hope this helps.

Where is the used FF market? Very few and far between it seems...and at $1000 and more.

I guess it means that people are generally happy once they go FF and have little reason to sell for upgrades.