Dark image
This looks like a perfect example for HDR. If you shot RAW then increase exposure +1 +2 etc and combine the files in HDR.
Good luck
With an automatic or semi-auto exposure mode, set the camera's metering mode to centre-weighted and point it at a part of the interior (without the street being visible in the frame) and press the AE-L button, then recompose. Or alternatively add some +EV Compensation.
A high ISO setting will be required if not using flash or tripod.
You can also adjust the brightness of the dark areas to some extent on your computer afterwards. There is more scope to do this with a RAW source.
I also acquired a METZ flashgun, so perhaps another trip with all the extra gear might also be the solution. Also an opportunity to take some more pics. Fortunately, the venue is only 10 minutes walk from my home..
Took the attached image from within a bar, towards the street. What should I have done to make the image lighter, anyone, please...
Your image is quite small but it looks pretty good to me?! The bar was that dark in real life, right?
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I suspect the inside was your subject, not what was outside the windows, so to render it correctly you could either recompose to ensure that window light was not a major influenece on the metering, or you could apply +1 or even +2 stops of exposure compensation, which will adjust the meter reading.
The image as you have it might have enough detail in the dark areas to retrieve using Photoshop, but quality may suffer.
The possibility of adding a bit of flash exposure has already been mentioned.
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