topic Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Pictures Turning Out Pure White

MrSpaceTeacher — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:02:52 GMT

I'm having quite the connundrum, and I need to figure out if it's user error or camera fault.

Any time I switch my Canon 80D to the manual setting mode, any picture turns out pure white that I take. I've tried every setting I can think of. If I crank the aperture all the way up I can see some detail, but the picture still turns out almost completely white.

Am I correct in assuming that this is a shutter problem of some sort?

What's weird is that the camera works on the auto settings, but obviously auto isn't why I bought a thousand dollar camera.

Any help is very much appreciate!

Jim

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:40:38 GMT

@MrSpaceTeacher wrote:
I'm having quite the connundrum, and I need to figure out if it's user error or camera fault.
Any time I switch my Canon 80D to the manual setting mode, any picture turns out pure white that I take. I've tried every setting I can think of. If I crank the aperture all the way up I can see some detail, but the picture still turns out almost completely white.
Am I correct in assuming that this is a shutter problem of some sort?
What's weird is that the camera works on the auto settings, but obviously auto isn't why I bought a thousand dollar camera.
Any help is very much appreciate!

Jim

The shutter wouldn't know what mode you were in.

Do you have exposure compensation turned on or have a high ISO set?

If a methodical check of settings doesn't reveal the problem reset all camera settings and custom settings.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

rs-eos — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:41:39 GMT

What are you taking a photo of? Are you indoors or outside? Do you have the ISO value set very high?

Try this... outdoors when sunny, set to f/16, ISO 100 and 1/100 (or 1/125) shutter. That should expose fairly well.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

cicopo — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:52:17 GMT

Do you understand manual mode? You need to find the right shutter speed to match the aperture you choose in Manual mode & that's done by using the light meter reading you see in the viewfinder display. An all white photo pretty much says to me overexposed which is too slow a shutter speed. That can be the chosen shutter speed, too much exposure compensation or a mix of both.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

MrSpaceTeacher — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:31:07 GMT

I have a basic understanding, but I am indeed learning.

Thank you for the information!

I bring up the shutter because this is exactly the same issue a friend was having with his 80D, and it was a malfunctioning shutter.

However, I do believe I can eliminate this possibilty (which is good news) because the camera works fine on the automatic settings as seen in this picture below. This is just a test image. I'm going to try defaulting my settings and see if that works for me.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

cicopo — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:41:16 GMT

Also pay attention to your ISO. A high ISO will overexpose too compared to the same other settings at a low ISO.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

MrSpaceTeacher — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:48:24 GMT

@cicopo wrote:
Also pay attention to your ISO. A high ISO will overexpose too compared to the same other settings at a low ISO.

Thank you very much.

I suspected ISO initially, so I had it way down toward 100.

I do believe I am not paying attention to my light meter near enough. I'm very new to it.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

cicopo — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:10:16 GMT

We all start off as rookies. Have you watched this?

http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

shadowsports — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:54:53 GMT

The sample image above shot in full Auto does not look right to me.

Please perform a full reset of your camera settings.

What I see:

Auto Lighting Optimizer.

White Balance.

I intially though EV settings as well, but don't believe this applies except for P, Tv, Av or M mode.

The 80D should be capable of more. Much more in auto, even when shooting into the sun like you are .

Something is off

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

Waddizzle — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:19:17 GMT

@MrSpaceTeacher wrote:
@cicopo wrote:
Also pay attention to your ISO. A high ISO will overexpose too compared to the same other settings at a low ISO.

Thank you very much.
I suspected ISO initially, so I had it way down toward 100.
I do believe I am not paying attention to my light meter near enough. I'm very new to it.

You may want to look at these series of videos from Canon at least once or twice.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp-znpQge8HxrllwXwn9B0Xxf1f7BQnXC

You will want to have your fully charged camera nearby. I recommend a comfortable chair and a tripod.

Re: Pictures Turning Out Pure White

BurnUnit — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:05:58 GMT

Post a smaller copy of one of the overexposed images with the EXIF information intact. If it's a problem with your settings it should show up there.