lloydl2 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

Just picked up this camera and have played around with the pop up flash. I shoot raw and manual and when I set the exposure say 1/60 f4 iso 100 - with the goal of the flash lighting the subject my photos come out severely underexposed (dark). I tried it on intelligent auto and it exposes perfectly. when I look at the auto settings (the ones chosen by the camera, they are close to what you would set the exposure at if you weren't using the flash. Is there no way to utilize the flash to light the subject and use the shutterspeed and f stop for depth of field and freeze motion? I supposed I could kick up the flash compensation adjustment but this would be pretty hit and miss.