Camera no flash eventhough set to manual flash

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This is probably not the camera settings. Pentax k200D wilt only give auto-flash with just three of their own units. Sounds like you have the Bower set on Auto. Set the flash to Manual, and adjust exposure on the aperture setting with the body set to manual as well.
Note that several people have reported problems with Bower units on digital cameras (and not just on Pentax)

Although your eyes can adapt to see well in low light, the camera needs a lot more light to take good photos than your eye needs to see in low light. Taking photos of a play or other indoor performance is a very difficult situation.

1) You need a fast lens, one that shoots at aperture f/2.8 or faster (i.e. f/2.0, f/1.8, or f/1.4). Your 18-55 lens is f/3.5-5.6, which is not a fast lens. When you zoom to 55mm, you can only shoot at f/5.6 which is 1/4 the light gathered at f/2.8, so the shutter speed needs to be 4 times longer, which means 4 times slower.

2) Set the camera to use the highest ISO it offers. Look in your manual for instructions on how to change the ISO. Don't forget to set it back when you are done!

3) Use the shooting mode that lets you specify the aperture. The camera will select the shutter. I'm not familar with the mode name for Nikon cameras - for a Canon camera this is the AV mode (for Aperture Value).

4) You may want to dial in some -EV - this means a "minus" value in the Exposure Compensation. I usually set this to -1/2 or -1 for low light shots. The photos come out just a tiny bit darker than normal, but the trade-off is that I get a faster shutter speed.

5) Even with all the settings above, the shutter speed is likely to still be quite slow. You must hold the camera very still. A monopod or tripod is usually necessary. In addition it helps if your lens has VR (vibration reduction) to minimize camera shake. Finally, no matter how still you hold the camera, if the subject is moving then the image will be blurry. So only shoot when the subject (person on stage) is relatively still.

If you don't have your camera manual let me know, and I'll look for it online and give you a link to the pages that detail the settings you need to change.

Hi! It's weird that 1/2 of your photos were too dark. You didn't mention about the flash. Eventhough it is on auto mode, at night you still need to turn on the flash manually. Normally, it is a curve arrow pointing downward, you need to point your mode selector there. What brand of camera are you using though?

Make sure that the exposure compensation is at zero. If that does not work, make sure that the flash is on automatic brightness. Check the manual if you do not know how to do either one of these.

To download a copy of the manual, click >HERE<
Further Nikon support can be found >HERE<

Most cameras have two memory options.
Firstly, an internal SDRAM that cannot be removed from the camera and
secondly, a plug in memory card that can be removed.

Make sure that the write protect on the card has not been enabled.
If it has, your card will not allow anything to be written on it.
Also, check through the menu and make sure you have selected the External Memory. I do not know how to set up your camera but you should find everything you need to know in the user manual when you have downloaded it.

Have fun :-)

I have the same problem but could not find any solution as yet. My work around is to switch of the flash and shoot with manual controls - of course that only works well when using a tripod or someting similar. I think it is a bug with the flash loader wich seems not to give the go for shooting until flash preload is finished. If anybody has a real solution I'd be happy to read. cheers e

Go to the Canon web site and download the English version to your PC.