GregH, LOL! Yep my Uncle and cousin do the same thing to me too. It goes like this...The buttons on the top,no, the top,thats the flash.Yes! You have to hold it in to make it work.Back up your going to get it fuzzy. The flash didn't go off, hold it in! What do you mean smile! I am smiling! And by that time I get 2 weird pics to 1 good one LOL!