Quote Originally Posted by DaShogun
I have a Fujifilm S7000 camera I just bought and when i was testing the camera's shutter speed I noticed that everytime when I increased the shutter speed to say from 1/125 to 1/500 the image would be darker and when it's set at 1/1000 the image gets very black and only the borders of the image show. How can I prevent this from happening?
You camera has a maximum aperature, and once it's open all the way, it's letting in as much light as possible. If you set your shutter to a higher speed, you're letting less light in (shorter time the shutter is open, less light hits the sensor). That is why your shots get darker with faster shutter speeds. You either need to add more light (shoot in brigher conditions or use a flash) or live with the slower speeds in order to properly expose your pictures. You usually don't need to shoot at 1/1000, btw.

Spike