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Valued Member
United States
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I simply googled for fujifilm finepix a340 and one of the first few hits was Fujifilm's product support page for that camera, from whence I followed a link or two to the manual.
I just tried it again, however, and got a 404 error. So I started from their main page and found it again rather quickly.
I'd post the URL to the manual for you but I'm still under 50 posts.
In any case, according to the manual, repeatedly pressing the "flash" button cycles through the available flash modes, including "suppressed flash". The icon over the button looks a little like a lightning bolt, if that helps any (one of my peeves with my own cameras is that the manuals never refer to a control by name, always with an icon; if you don't know what the icon is, you're out of luck).
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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thanks bob, I found the manual last night though, but I had to d/l latest reader, ill find it agen soon.
ummm, yeh I found the different flash modes, but the flash off makes the picture weird, Ill try again when the batterys are charged.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Some of my different types of photos. Flash on, under desk lights.  Flash off on windowsill (Natural Light), Good image  Flash off, under desk lights, bad image, why?. I thought because of camera movement, but the other ones would have it too?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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On my desk under 2 lights, flash off, no camera shadow on coin, camera angled back a bit, OK img.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Only the last one is in focus. Colour balance needs to be adjusted for tungsten light, otherwise they look a lot better. Practice makes perfect.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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OH YEH theres got to be a colour balance somewhere, then I can keep trying the last one
The first one is kind of in focus, the last one is on an angle to keep camera shadow out.
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Flash off, under desk lights, bad image, why?. I thought because of camera movement, but the other ones would have it too?
If I may assume that you're using Automatic settings, this one probably came out unfocused due to camera movement because the camera chose a relatively long exposure to make up for relatively low light levels, compared to the others. The "natural light" image suffered from the same fate, to an extent. Your flash bestows an order of magnitude greater light than either of the other methods; chances are the flash exposure was on the order of 1/250 and the others were around 1/25 to 1/60. Handheld, this is too long an exposure to ensure good focus every time. It's certainly possible to get sharply-focused shots with the camera handheld. However, such results require the same sort of disciplines as shooting - breath control, careful posture, and getting the trigger/shutter pull accomplished between heartbeats. During my shooting days, I could see the target in my scope dancing to the rhythm of my heart.  |
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lol yeh flash out of time you can get a quick jerk and mess up your photo.
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