Pictures Turning Out Pure White

[MrSpaceTeacher]

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

[jrhoffman75]

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@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

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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. 

[rs-eos]

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.

[cicopo]

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.

[MrSpaceTeacher]

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.

[cicopo]

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

[MrSpaceTeacher]

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@cicopo wrote:

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

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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.

[cicopo]

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

http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/

[shadowsports]

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.

or

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

[Waddizzle]

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@MrSpaceTeacher wrote:

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@cicopo wrote:

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

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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.

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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.