Notice how I have not been blogging much lately? It's because I have been having camera woes. I am not very camera savvy, so I am hoping that someone who reads my blog can point me in the right direction. Three and a half years ago, we purchased a new,
not reburbished, Nikon D40x. It has had its quirks along the way, but mostly it has worked well for what I use it for, which is basically point and shoot. A week and a half ago, we were working on our
Goodnight Gorilla project. When I first started taking pictures, I noticed nothing unusual. Then, I snapped a picture and it came out like this.
It surprised me to say the least. I tried turning the camera off, taking out the battery and the memory card, putting them back in and turning it back on again. I got a couple more white pictures. Then, I started getting pictures like this, that were really dark. Again, I thought that was odd, but figured the flash bulb must have burnt out. Not so! The flash still works.
So now, it is random. I will get a picture like this.
The next may look like this.
The next may look normal, like this.
But, right after that, I may get one that looks like this (the lighting looks different, though I haven't changed anything)
There really is no pattern to it. I have changed lens and have had the same problem, so I am guessing it is a body issue. The ISO is on Auto, but does this seem like a sensor needs to be cleaned? Can I clean it myself? Do I need to take the camera to a camera shop or is it an easy fix that I can do? Is there still hope for my camera? Thanks!
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That camera may have 'auto bracketing' turned on.
It would take 1 photo normal, 1 over exposed, and one underexposed.
There should be a setting to set it back to normal. Check the manual?
Thanks, Mike! There really is no pattern to the normal/over-/under-exposed pictures and it happened suddenly, but I will look and see if that is the problem. Thanks!
Wow, no help here...but I sure do hope you get it figured out, Cara!
Something very similar happened to my old camera and it was a light sensor or something, but I can't remember! I had to send it in to be fixed. Is yours covered under a warranty? I bought mine at Costco and it was still covered under their warranty, thankfully! Hope you get it figured out/fixed soon ~ I so know what that feels like!
Thanks for the suggestions with my camera problems. The day after I posted this, I used my camera again and as quickly as the problem started, it also ended. So far, I have had no more issues with the excessive over/under exposures. Not sure what the issue was, because I did nothing to fix it. Perhaps it was some dirt?
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