I use my new Nikon Coolpix p520 primarily to take indoor pictures with available light, manly during church services. What seems to work best is Program mode with ISO 1600. I'm very satisfied with the results except for those occasions where there are very bright points in the image, e.g. a window during daytime or candles in a nighttime service. The exposure is then far too bright. I have thought of using Exposure Compensation to attempt to control these washed out pictures. Is there something else that I should be trying?
I have used Canon S series cameras for several years. They seem to include these bright spots in the exposure and average it out to what I really want, an exposure for the scene that is pleasing with the bright spots appearing as bright spots.
You can see examples (that change every week) at http://blaircongrega..._activities.htm
though there are none of the problem exposure pictures there. Even working them over in PhotoShop hasn't produced satisfactory results, so I have never posted any of them.
Thanks for any suggestions.