Question about Canon PowerShot SD600 Digital Camera

Pictures are too bright when shooting outdoors in sunlight

The camera has suddenly started taking outdoor pictures poorly- they are very bright. Switching from manual to automatic mode makes no difference- still too bright, only a few faint images of dark objects in the view are visible. I thought it might be a stuck iris but in movie mode everything looks fine... so this would indicate that maybe the iris is OK. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated

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Mark Rowland May 04, 2007

This unfortunately did not solve the problem.
puddleracer Nov 19, 2007

I just started having the identical problem with this camera. I tried everything but outdoor shots come out just about entirely white. Tried restoring to default settings but didn't help.
Floger Mar 03, 2008

All photos are bright white. I've tried everything to fix but no avail. Is it a settings issue?
dbrad Mar 22, 2008

I have the same problem with a Konica Dimage 530. It will take pictures indoors in low light with no flash. Outside pictures will be totaly white. The video mode works fine outside. I have tried every possible adjustment with the camera in manual mode. Nothing helps!
malanis21 Jun 25, 2008

I have the same problem with sd600, video is is fine outdoors and pics are ok indoors but outside they are completely bright.

I've tried the manual settings and no success. Is there a firware update available for this or something?
ubaidbutt Jul 24, 2008

my camera fell down and I have almost the same problem but I see some vertical lines as well.

movie function is preserved.

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I went to a repair place and I was told that something is wrong with the light reader inside and thta it would cost 139, since the camera is 199 it make no sense doing it.

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Have you tried changing your settings manually to outdoor? Or adjusted the aperture? You can usually find the aperture settings under the menu button. If not, try adjusting to outdoor conditions and disabling flash. And also, lower your white balance a good bit.

Posted on May 01, 2007

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