Why are my Canon PowerShot SD300 photos badly overexposed in daylight?
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My Canon PowerShot SD300 works reasonably well indoors with flash, but in natural light or with flash turned off, most photos come out almost completely white. I’ve tried Auto, Manual, lowering ISO, reducing exposure, and doing a factory reset, but nothing changes. There is also a darker area in the bottom-right corner of every image. Is this likely a camera setting problem, a light leak, or a hardware fault?
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That looks like a hardware issue to me. You may want to bring it in for repair.
Before that tho i'd try and cover the viewfinder with your thumb while taking a shot if the problem is better then you have a light leak in your viewfinder.
I'd also be curious to see what a "good" shot looks like indoors. Does it still have those horizontal lines? is there a difference in exposure in the bottom right corner?
Lastly, see if you can update the firmware on the camera.
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This is most likely a hardware problem, not a normal exposure-setting issue. Since the camera overexposes badly even after lowering ISO/exposure and after a factory reset, that points away from user settings.
The darker bottom-right corner and any unusual horizontal lines also suggest something physical may be wrong with the camera. One simple thing to test is covering the optical viewfinder with your thumb while taking a photo. If the image improves, the camera may have a light leak around the viewfinder.
If covering the viewfinder does not help, the camera likely needs repair. You could also check whether a firmware update is available, but based on the symptoms, this does not sound like a typical settings issue.
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