topic Canon Powershot SX30is shutter closed due to wrong illuminaton measurement ? in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

Canon Powershot SX30is shutter closed due to wrong illuminaton measurement ?

nilli — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:10:29 GMT

Didn't use my Canon Powershot SX30is for some year.

It was working fine before, didn't fall, no dust.

Now I just got it out of the drawer to take some photos.

Camera starts up, can playback, all seems to work fine, but shutter stays closed and a dark picture is shown on the display.

If I take a picture, camera focusses and takes a black picture.

CCD seems to work fine as slight straylight reflexes are seen on the dispaly iif I play with a flashlight in front of the camera.

Shutter itself seems to be mechanically OK as during startup the shutter shortly opens.

It seems there is a problem with the illumination measurement ( sensor constantly outputs too high value ? )

Does anyboday have a clue what to do ?

Thanks so much !

shadowsports — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:23:25 GMT

Greetings,

Ensure you are uing a fully charged battery

Reset the camera's settings to defaults

Test with a different SD card of known quality

If none of these help, your camera will need service or replacement. Since it was released in 2009.... probably replacement.

nilli — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:35:37 GMT

Hi Rick,

thanks for the tips.

Battery is fully charged, I tried with a second fully chraged battery as well -> same.

Also I reset the settings to default -> same.

Tried different SD Cards, also without SD Card -> same.

Wondering what is the problem.

How is the ambient light measured ?

Where is the sensor for it ?

Best Regards,

Nils

kvbarkley — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:46:11 GMT

How is the ambient light measured ?

With the sensor through the lens.

Where is the sensor for it ?

The main sensor.

If charging the camera a few times and power cycling the camera does not bring it back, it will need to be replaced.