I shot a photo using the built-in flash and find that it is noisy and dark. The image is in the following link. The exif details are as follows.

Would anybody give me some advice as I doubt if my built-in flash of EOS 550D has some problems.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13502199@N08/4473015480/sizes/l/


File Name IMG_0323.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS 550D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.0.6
Shooting Date/Time 28/3/2010 13:52:11
Owner's Name
Shooting Mode Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/60
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Auto ISO Speed ON
Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length 35.0mm
Image Size 5184x3456
Image Quality Fine
Flash On
Flash Type Built-In Flash
Flash Exposure Compensation 0
Shutter curtain sync 1st-curtain sync
FE lock OFF
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
AF area select mode Manual selection
Picture Style User Defined 3(P-SNAPSHOT)
Sharpness 2
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 0:Off
High ISO speed noise reduction 0:Standard
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
Auto Lighting Optimizer 0:Standard
Peripheral illumination correction Enable
File Size 4866KB
Dust Delete Data No
Drive Mode Single shooting
Live View Shooting OFF
Camera Body No. 0332112514
Comment

Flash Exposure Compensation 0
Try increasing this in the camera's menu for better flash exposure.

Andy,

Looks like you may have "over adjusted" the camera. Reset to factory specs and start from there. The camera right out of the box on auto will take a better picture than that.

I just used the program mode and P-Snapshot picture style provided by Canon for this photo but don't understand why the result is poor.