RobertNZana,
In general, the single most important change you can make is in ISO. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the camera is to light. The maximum ISO for your camera is 800 (which, unfortunately, is quite noisy in your camera). The ideal ISO for nighttime photography is likely to be around 400, which should be a balance between longer exposure times and noise. You set this by repeatedly pressing the ISO button on the back of your camera to cycle through the ISO settings. You can also set it to one of two auto modes, which will adjust the ISO based on available light (but will bump it up to the somewhat noisy 800 ISO when the light is low).
The other thing you can do is use a bit of fill flash. Use the flash, but set it to a negative Flash Exposure Compensation (like -2), so it puts a little extra light into the scene without under-exposing the darker background.
And, make sure your Image Stabilization (IS) is turned on, this should give you better shots in darker settings.
Some combination of these three settings should really help in getting good shots - your camera is a decent camera, but I do encourage everyone to practice with their camera and settings BEFORE needing to get "the shot that counts".
Cheers,
LHerrou
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by: bob_the_builderPosted on 2009-10-23 at 01:07:07ID: 25642130
After reading extracts from:
http://www.dcresource.com/
They good some good night shots when setting the shooting mode/scene mode to "Night Snapshot" and then set the ISO to 80.
I'm no wizz with Camera's, but the above might help!
Cheers,
Bob...