Re: Built-in flash in P&S digital and DSLR cameras

aniramca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> - Why P&S cameras have relatively weaker built-in flash than the DSLR?
> Could P&S cameras be designed to have stronger built-in flash like a
> DSLR?
> - I noticed that my P&S camera usually is too weak to take picture in
> large indoors (restaurant, meeting halls, etc). Could this be improved
> by stronger flash? I have always complained in the past that most P&S
> cameras have tiny built-in flash, and without a hot-shoe, you cannot
> improve your lighting in indoor shots.

Unless you have a truly powerful flash, you're doomed;
this pretty much means off camera, and BIG (read heavy).

On camera-flashes are (IMHO) a nice "get a shot"
work rounds, when the alternative is getting nothing,
but most on-camera flashes don't give you good shots:
just snaps.

I don't think ANY on camera flash would have improved
this:

http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f234/bugbear33/bar/?action=view&current=bar1.jpg
(check the EXIF)

   BugBear (big fan of high ISO, and available light)