Why are most of my Canon PowerShot A4050 photos coming out completely white?
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My Canon PowerShot A4050 is about 3 weeks old, and most of my still photos come out as blank white images. Video records normally, but only some still shots look correct. What could cause this, and is there anything I should check in the settings before assuming the camera is faulty?
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It's either a defective camera or the exposure is being set way too high (either by defective hardware or manual settings and user error). If you can post samples of some of the photos that did come out as well as one of the ones that didn't, it might help.
If the images that came out were much darker scenes than the ones you took that came out white, it is probably user settings on the camera causing problems.
Try setting the camera to the mode with the little green square and make sure that the exposure compensation is set to 0 and see if you still have a problem as well. If you don't, it is a user setting, if you do, then it is probably the camera.
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Completely white stills usually mean the photos are being heavily overexposed. Based on the answers, the most likely causes are either:
- A camera setting issue, such as exposure compensation being set too high, or
- A defect in the camera’s still-photo exposure system.
First, reset to a fully automatic shooting mode (the green square mode) and make sure exposure compensation is set to 0. Then test again in normal lighting.
If the problem goes away in full auto, it was likely caused by a setting. If photos are still mostly white even in auto mode, especially while video remains normal, the camera may be defective and should be checked by Canon or the retailer.
A clue is whether the few successful images were taken in much darker scenes. If darker scenes work but normal or bright scenes turn white, that points even more strongly to overexposure.
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