Quote: 'Hemi345: I know this Marc, I was just stating that for the light I'm working in, the camera wants to use f/4 which folks are saying is a problem for this lens.'
'Marc Sabatella: Marc Sabatella "Problem" is relative. You can get great pictures at f/4 - just not *as* great as at f/8. I don't think any of the problmes you are seeing are caused by any deficiency of the lens at f/4 - I think it's the other factors mentioned. '
Hemi345, this is why I recommended a hot-shoe flash. The one I used in the above shot was not even a swivel head--nothing fancy. 25 years ago, when it was new, it might have sold for $20. But it allows me to shoot people, indoors, at relatively low light, at F8.
You can also learn how to shoot in manual mode, taking the camera's controls into your own hands, where you want them. In so doing, you can bump ISO with that Kx monster up to 3200, comfortably, allowing you to shoot smaller apertures. Have you tried the auto ISO mode at all, if you are not ready for manual?