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Heather M. Wareham

Screwed Up My Settings Pease Help

I don't know what I did In M,S,A,P when I go to take picture of out side from my kitchen know the pictures all turn out bright white. Im not using flash. I changed a few setting and know Im not sure what they were at before. I should have writen them down. Im a real BEGINNER aren't I LOL LOL. I have to be in Auto to get good pictures. I hope someone will be able to help me.
Thanks

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February 14, 2007

Mike Rubin

Without seeing the shot it is hard to tell but it may be strong Backlighting. Fill flash will help balance it out.
We all were beginners at one time.

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February 14, 2007

W.

Unfortunately, most never get past that phase...

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February 14, 2007

Heather M. Wareham

Ok Here are two picture I took of the same thing. The first one is in M and the other one is in Heart setting. When I take the picture in A,S they come the same as the first picture all white. For the life of me I can't figure it out.

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February 14, 2007

Mike Rubin

Thanks for posting examples,I don't know what the "heart" setting is but since it works fine I would try resetting the camera. Turn the camera off, remove the battery and wait a few minutes,put it back in and try it. If their is a menu option to restore defaults, try that if you still have the problem. I never saw anything like what is happening. It isn't caused by backlighting.

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February 14, 2007

Heather M. Wareham

Im so happy I figured it out it was the ISO-sensitivity it was to high had to bring it down to 100 it was on 400.
Thanks So much for you Help

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February 14, 2007

Christopher A. Vedros

Heather,
One thing that may help you with problems like this is the EXIF info. Every digital image that you take with your camera has all of the camera settings that were used embedded into the image file. You can view this image info with most graphics viewers, and even when previewing your images in Windows.

You'll see the focus mode, shutter speed, ISO setting, aperture, if flash was used, focal length, and lots more. So when one picture is much lighter than another, you can compare the shot settings to see what was different.

Good luck,

Chris Vedros
www.cavphotos.com

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February 14, 2007

John Rhodes

Heather, I highly recommend you check in your local area to see if there are any digital photography workshops available. Many workshops are a full day event or 2-3 half-days on successive saturdays, for instance. Perhaps a local camera store could help you find out if there is a workshop nearby. Maybe the camera store conducts training sessions that are relatively inexpensive.

John

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