Hi,
Nice camera you got there! Pardon me if you know this already.
Some technical info:
The camera has a fixed shuttle speed of 1/125 and the only varying factors for exposure are the aperture and the flash unit. The strength of the flash cannot be controlled but you can somewhat control the aperture.
Aperture Control
The aperture varys with different ISO/ASA settings and within each ISO setting there are 3 different modes that affect the aperture.
For example at ISO100. If the flash is not activated (flash did not pop up from its original position), the aperture is set as f/8. If the flash is activated (poped up) its f/4. If the flash is activated and the catch used to release it remains pressed (towards the lens barrel) its f/8. This is the 'close up distance compenstion for flash' function of the camera.
The following is a list aperture setting for different ISO and the order follows the above mention sequence.
ISO100 - f/8; f/4; f/8.
ISO200 - f/11; f/5.6; f/11.
ISO400 - f/16; f/8; 1/16.
Exposure Assistance
This camera offers some exposure assistance if batteries are installed. At the back of the camera, there are two light indicators. The red LED lights up only if the camera detects underexposure and promts the use of flash. The orange light indicator lights up with the flash is fully charged and ready for use.
Lens
This camera, as you know, is a fixed focus camera and camera to subject distance can range from 1.5m to infinity. Its true focus distance is 2.8m.
My personal experience with this camera is pretty limited but hope it can offer some help to you. I find the flash unit often too hash and strong on my subjects so I rarely uses it. However, I do activate the flash now and then to achieve the extra stop it gives but always without installing the batteries. This also means I do not recieve any warning from the camera if I'm underexposing so sometimes I do get very underexposed shots. For that I prefer to use ISO400 film on it over my staple ISO100 and it gives me more satisfactory results.
Good Luck!
