

Its sometimes overexposes your subject, if your too close, in which case believe it or not, setting the camera to macro helps flash exposure, for close ups. I would say fabulous, it really does try to balance the background exposure with your subject, so you dont get a black out all around your subject, like so many compacts before this one. I think DP review did an accurate job on reviewing this camera.

If low light natural light, indoor type shots are not "most important" to her, this may not be the right camera, if they are.then you have it right! (but the firmware will not rescue you from your concerns)

The trade off for this issue is having the best compact in low natural light, on the market.I think a young lady taking social shots will come to appreciate getting these shots at the expense of having to be mindfull of managing the highlights, mostly but not always during the daytime. If your going to shoot with bright back lighting or a dark subject with a bright sky, these kinds of things, where the proper exposure for both light is very wide, then the shot really needs some management ie move the camera, keep some of the highlights framed out of the composition or expose more for the subject and let the chips fall where they may and maybe do some post work to fix exposure issues. I think you have to be mindfull of managing highlights in a shot. I dont think there is a need to change every shot, as you say. If it fixed anything else, behind the scenes, we have not noticed it on these forums.
Iflash 2.8.1 update#
The current firmware update for the F30 only fixes a problem with a delay in the camera device showing up under windows.
