Display brightness.

Have got to the bottom of it local dealer from where i have just returned has confirmed the camera is faulty.

Problem is now where to find a replacement cheaply preferably today. original purchased by mail order will return on Monday, but am going on holiday Tuesday!

Stupid i am but not quite that stupid!

The sun now coming up and i have been outside now have some images but they are very dark even with the brightness set ay +5

I am a complete novice to the world of digital SLR, and was swayed towards the K10D by the many great reviews.

My camera turned up yesterday and i have set it up. Tried to take some pictures around the house using the integral flash and the automatic exposures etc. All i get is almost black images.

I have now tried longer exposures and probably just about every setting available, but the best i can get are dark images of far lesser quality than my point and go camera. I am now waiting for the sun to come up so i can get outside and see if the problem is limited to flash photography.

Is this likely to be a fault with the camera, the flash or the lense.

I am using the DA 18-55 lense supplied with the camera

Help as am off to Tanzania on wednesday?