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From: DaveC on 21 Jan 2010 04:52
Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.

Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder, the exposure
looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results in an overexposed photo.

It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo shown on the
LCD display is always overexposed.

Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the exposure.

I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display is accurate,
why would the exposed photo be different?

What might be the cause?

Thanks,
Dave

From: K W Hart on 21 Jan 2010 12:18

"DaveC" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message
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> Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.
>
> Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder, the
> exposure
> looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results in an overexposed photo.
>
> It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo shown on
> the
> LCD display is always overexposed.
>
> Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the exposure.
>
> I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display is
> accurate,
> why would the exposed photo be different?
>
> What might be the cause?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>

What do the negatives look like?


From: DaveC on 21 Jan 2010 12:26
>> Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.
^^^^^^^

> What do the negatives look like?

??

From: Whiskers on 21 Jan 2010 13:02
On 2010-01-21, DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote:
> Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.
>
> Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder, the exposure
> looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results in an overexposed photo.
>
> It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo shown on the
> LCD display is always overexposed.
>
> Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the exposure.
>
> I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display is accurate,
> why would the exposed photo be different?
>
> What might be the cause?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

Are the pictures pale-looking even when you upload them to a computer?

Has the camera previously produced acceptable pictures?

Is thebattery OK?

Could be a fault in the exposure meter or in the 'firmware'.

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
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From: DaveC on 21 Jan 2010 13:47
Olympus FE-20
- - -
> Are the pictures pale-looking even when you upload them to a computer?
>
> Has the camera previously produced acceptable pictures?
>
> Is the battery OK?
>
> Could be a fault in the exposure meter or in the 'firmware'.

Wouldn't these faults be evident in the "viewfinder" mode (before taking the
exposure)? When I aim the camera at light and dark subjects the camera
compensates by "irising" up and down to give what looks to be a
properly-exposed "preview" display. Only when the image is captured is it
overexposed.

Images downloaded and viewed on the computer are overexposed, identical to
when viewed on the camera's display.

This is a new-to-me camera (used) so I don't know the history.

Battery icon is green (fully charged).

It doesn't matter whether flash is on or off.

Ideas?

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