This may be the same problem as posted by Rhubarbie on 10/07/06, but I thought I'd make a new post to see if there are any udates to this kind og problem with the DiMAGE G400. After nearly 3 years and 1000's of trouble free pictures I have suddenly started to get "white out" on pictures taken in daylight or bright conditions. The LCD displays the shot perfectly before caputre, but after depressing the shutter release the image that is captured in these conditions is a complete white wash. I have tried resetting the camera to its default settings and have also tried to manually adjust the shutter speed and aperture, but neither of these has changed the outcome. Optimistically I'm hoping that this is a software/firmware issue. I have noticed that there is a firmware update (Ver 1.16 A) for G400's in a range of serial numbers into which my camera falls. Is it worth finding the relevant file to download and update the camera's firmware? Or would I be wasting my time? Does anyone know of a reliable site to obtain this firmware download from as the Konica/Minolta site seems not to be linking correctly to the download facility? On the other hand, amd I looking at a rather expensive repair bill, or even more depressingly am I now in the market for a new digital camera to replace my trusty G400? Any advice would be most welcome.
It happened also to me -the problem is caused by a broken flat cable, which is connecting aperture/shutter coils from inside of the lenses to controller board - it is poorly manufactured probably too short (extra stress at endo of zoom). I tried to repair it - by soldering to repair damaged part, see some photos there:
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463303
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463304
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463305
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463306
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463307
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463308
http://forum.digineff.cz/file.php?50,file=463309
Be carreful when trying the same, not forget to discarge flash capacitor and document all the taken-off parts to be able to assemble everthing back.
sorry, if you want to see images, pls go there:
http://forum.digineff.cz/read.php?50,185...
Links to images from that forum are forbidden.
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Thanks meee111!
At least mine works fully zoomed in now.
It also still works anyway in movie mode.
Mine has just developed the same fault except when I zoom to 2X and above it works OK. Like you I tried default and other settings to no avail.
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I've been having the same problem as BillUK1964. All the firmware updates that I read about online didn't seem to address this problem, however.
Interesting that adjusting the zoom provides a temporary fix! Thanks for the tip.
I've had this camera for three years and it has just developed the same problem.
Zooming in helps. Why on earth would this be so?
I have just started experiencing the same problems with the daytime white-out of all my pictures and havelost the best of my holiday shots. I have tried the zoom option suggested and that seems to be dealing with the problem but as I am not technically experienced enough to start soldering inside the camera I guess the only real option is to replace the camera all together.
after several years, the camera just started taking washout photos, or has horizontal white lines across the image.
Zooming in first seems to help
I have the same problem with my Dimage G600. I found out also that the the manual mode is not working anymore. I can still get an overexposed images at night but totally white when captured with natural daylight.
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