sony dsm85s in open shade set on "auto" and brightened by a bit over +2 ev. The inset is set this way and flashed. I use the softwear that comes with the camera and the Ibm version seems a lot more useable than the mac program on the same disc( another owner I know has the e-machine) Even with the exposure as above, I found myself using the "color enhancement" slide on the softwear to brighten the pictures before dragging the four separate exposures on to a single frame. good thing about these dig cameras is you can use the led screen to preview and compose and get pretty close to the final product.