https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Re-I-made-a-dumb-mistake/m-p/190824#M52405 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR />@Anonymous wrote:<BR /><P>I own a rebel t6i. &nbsp;I turned it on without flipping the screen or anything just to snap a quick picture I was then going to take a look at later for quality comparing reasons. &nbsp;Being that I didn't bother flipping the screen I had forgotten all my settings were set the way they were a couple nights ago when I was doing astrophotography, so apertature at f3.5, 30 second exposure, ISO cranked way up. &nbsp;I took the picture in my bedroom which was decently lit with some sunlight pouring through the window. &nbsp;Once I realized what it was doing you would think I would cover up the lense or put the cap back on, but I was kinda dumb and just pointed it at my bed which was a little more dimly lit. &nbsp;Needless to say the picture came out completely white. &nbsp;I tend to be fanatical about not wanting any damage to my camera sensor, I don't want even unnoticable&nbsp;damage that would make the images super slightly less quality than they would be. &nbsp;What is the risk of having damaged my sensor here? &nbsp;Is there any way I can know if there was even slight damage to my sensor?</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Unless you had it pointed directly at the sun, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:13:26 GMT TTMartin 2016-11-02T17:13:26Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Re-I-made-a-dumb-mistake/m-p/190824#M52405 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR />@Anonymous wrote:<BR /><P>I own a rebel t6i. &nbsp;I turned it on without flipping the screen or anything just to snap a quick picture I was then going to take a look at later for quality comparing reasons. &nbsp;Being that I didn't bother flipping the screen I had forgotten all my settings were set the way they were a couple nights ago when I was doing astrophotography, so apertature at f3.5, 30 second exposure, ISO cranked way up. &nbsp;I took the picture in my bedroom which was decently lit with some sunlight pouring through the window. &nbsp;Once I realized what it was doing you would think I would cover up the lense or put the cap back on, but I was kinda dumb and just pointed it at my bed which was a little more dimly lit. &nbsp;Needless to say the picture came out completely white. &nbsp;I tend to be fanatical about not wanting any damage to my camera sensor, I don't want even unnoticable&nbsp;damage that would make the images super slightly less quality than they would be. &nbsp;What is the risk of having damaged my sensor here? &nbsp;Is there any way I can know if there was even slight damage to my sensor?</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Unless you had it pointed directly at the sun, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:13:26 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Re-I-made-a-dumb-mistake/m-p/190824#M52405 TTMartin 2016-11-02T17:13:26Z