picture too dark?

[JoannaKS]

Hi. I'm really hoping that someone can help with this, because I'm completely lost and my sister (who has the same camera) hasn't been any help.

I have a Powershot S5IS, an oldie but a goody, but all of a sudden my pictures are coming out way too dark. It can be really bright outside, not a cloud in the Florida sky, and the LCD screen is showing bright.... but as soon as I take the picture, the LCD screen looks like it was taken at dusk.  I do admit that I haven't printed any of the pictures out to verify this.

I usually use my camera on Auto or Foilage.  I'm wondering if a setting could have gotten changed by accident, if I pushed any buttons without realizing it? Any ideas and possible fixes would be extremely helpful since i can't afford a new camera right now!

I'll be checking back quick, since i'm supposed to go out and use it on Tuesday!

Thank you!

Joanna

[Skirball]

I'm not familiar with that camera, but you can check if there's an exposure compensation.  It's possible you turned it all the way down.   You can also try a factory reset just in case you changed some setting.  Go into the MENU, go to Set Up, select Reset All and press SET.