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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simonflex" data-source="post: 72730" data-attributes="member: 10540">Hi Dear D5100 Users,I have had my camera for 1 month, and last night I took it to a party to use it for flash/party photography for the first time, using the built in flash. First of all, I ran into a strange issue. Basically whenever I took pictures, the flash didn't fire and I got a long exposure time instead, and when my friends who are used to point and shoot cameras took pictures, the flash fired most of the time!! I suddenly discovered the reason was that I was looking through the viewfinder, and my friends were not! So I was blocking the light though view finder and when the friends took pictures, they were letting in light, and that caused the metering system to fire the flash!! Btw we didn't take any pictures using live view, even when my friends didn't look though view finder (they were probably guessing for right frame!)Has any one faced this issue? what is the solution then? I used Aperture priority, night portrait, and Party/Indoor modes to force the flash to fire, and help with right White balance, but I felt like I don't have control over forcing the flash to fire. I really would appreciate your tips on night/flash photography with D5100. With my canon powershot Sx20IS I never had this problem, and in night portrait mode, it also kept the shutter open a bit longer to take the background light as well.My last question is that, virtually all the shots where the flash fired were taken with ISO 3200, 1/60s shutter time; so the camera automatically increased the ISO. Is there a way to use lower ISO's for better image quality?many thanksSimon</blockquote>

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