topic Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

rainbow blob when taking pictures

ralph003 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:29:18 GMT

hi im total newbie in photography, can anyone please help me what to do or how to fix this because when i take a pic i see some odd colors (i dont know what that is) in my lcd. i have a canon powershot sx540. Thank you!

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

kvbarkley — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:52:45 GMT

Does it show up on the computer? If it does you have a bad sensor. If not, you have a bad display.

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

tmc784 — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:04:06 GMT

Send it back for exchange or repair, I think you got a lemon.

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

John_ — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:17:49 GMT

A couple things you can try...Look in your manual, pages 71 & 72 and see if you accidentally changed those, the white balance and colors settings. Make sure the white balance is on auto (AWB) and My Colors is set to Off

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

diverhank — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:09:46 GMT

It's possible that the LCD was displaying the highlight blinkies (designed to show where there's too much light) even though for most cameras it's just in one color. You might want to check the menu and manual on how to disable it, since it's an option. It's one possibility to rule out, anyhow.

When in doubt, reset the camera back to factory default and try again.

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

ralph003 — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:35:33 GMT

i tried resetting it but nothing works. haha

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

John_ — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:57:52 GMT

I do not think a "reset all" resets the My Colors or the White Balance, those you have to go in and check them manually

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

ralph003 — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 02:03:30 GMT

can you teach how ?

Re: rainbow blob when taking pictures

John_ — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 02:41:22 GMT

The manual can teach you, 2 pages, 71 & 72 tells you everything you need to know...good luck