Overexposed photos on a nikon D60 in sunlight

The exposure mode needs to be on Manual.

If the pictures are coming out overexposed, you need to close the aperture (larger f/numbers) and/or use a faster shutter speed and/or lower the ISO setting. The exact settings will depend on the light.

If the slides are ok , and not overexposed themself, brown discoloration on the side means a problem with the scanner lamp.

Contacts should not have anything to do with the metering. That is done in the camera itself and not the lens. If a photo comes out overexposed, which is normal when using P or A mode, as metering isn't perfect, use the exposure compensation (+/- menu or button) to reduce the exposure as much as you feel is necessary. Exposure can be subjective so you should trust yourself more than the camera.

Alter the ISO rating to 100
Also go to menu and make sure you have the white balance set to auto or outside rather than night or whatever it is set at.

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I'm going to assume you're talking about the picture review on the back display. If I'm wrong, please please let me know.

You're seeing the highlights. Those are the areas of the picture that are overexposed and thus have lost all detail. That's not necessarily an error, though often it is. The proper solution is to reduce the exposure and shoot again.

The quick solution is to press Up or Down on the multiselector while viewing the picture to change your view of the picture. The camera provides several different views, including Highlights, Histogram, and several screens of Image Data.

Hello,

If this is the same as my Nikon this is the overexposed highlight display option.
This shows areas of the photograph that are overexposed slightly.

On my Nikon I use the up and down arrows on the back to cycle the LCD display options.
Stop when you get a display that does not flash.

I bought a white filter on eBay, popped this on the end of the lens, set my white balance and HEY PRESTO... exposure is perfect now.

hi ,

it could be possible that the light sensor (the device under the red transparent plastic) in front of the flash is already failing. to test,set the camera mode to auto then cover the sensor with your hand and do some test shots, the images should be overexposed if the sensor is covered, then shoot some photos without covering the sensor, the images should be properly exposed , otherwise it might already be a light sensor failure .

In both the situations the problem is with the apperture control mechanism of the camera. 1). sometimes the flexible ribbion cable carrying signal to the lense assembly get worn out, replacing the same will resolve the problem. 2) in some cases the leaf blades of the apperture gets sticky, cleaning of the same solves the problem. 3). If you happen to drop the camera then the alignment of the motor moving the blades get disturbed.


In all the cases only a good repair man can fix the problem .

try it in auto mode if it is the same condition do u feel change in color like white turning pink or purple or sort of over exposed pics as u said then i worry that ur CCD HR is going to faulty in coming days later on pics will get pink and purple and then ccd stops working completely , i hope this is not the case do let me know if i can help u