EOS Rebel XS taking black photos

[Payoutejr]

I am having issues resolving this issue with my EOS Rebel XS camera and whenever I try to take a photo it shows as a black photo as if the camera cover is on. I can see older pictures but I am not able to see any new photos because they are black. What can I do to resolve this issue?

[rs-eos]

Are you in automatic mode?  If not, switch to Auto and see if the camera will then take photos.

You may also want to reset the camera settings in case you set something up that is leading to very dark images.  See page 114 in the User Manual for instructions.