This may be a case of something buried in the menus that I haven't found yet. I was trying to use the supplied mini flash (can't remember model number) to provide a bit of fill light on a face in an outdoor situation. The ambient light was fading as it was around sunset but every flash option I tried in the menus just illuminated the portrait with flash only and reduced the background exposure, even though I reduced the flash percentage. Seem to remember on my old Canon 5D it was possible to control ambient exposure on the front dial and flash on the rear - I remember years ago doing a children's Ball at my daughter's then school and it worked exceptionally well.