What the hell is wrong with my two month old Nikon digital camera???(expensive gift) It takes pics just fine indoors, but outdoors it takes junk like this pic. This is my rental for the week, rust repair time HELP, please???? The pics are blurry and way too much light, I've tried adjusting the
options for picture quality to no avail Is it toast???,,,,,98


http://www.f150world.com/showownerpi...s=1&album=3063

 

could it be that you're shooting into the sun?

i don't know if you can get different kinds of filters for digital cameras, but you could try those too.

 

I know our digital is really sensative to movement. Some of my pics are really blurry. Not shure other than that

I like the color,,,lol

 

I've got it shooting a little better now, but still not as good as it should be. This is on an overcast day(cloudy) It should be making nice sharp prints, right? I turned it on one day, and it was shooting like this outdoors, it was pretty decent before. If I shoot straight at the ground it seems to pick up the correct image okay, but anything from 45* and up it washes out and can't read colors correctly. Puzzling and a little disappointing, I expected a Nikon product to be a little more dependable,,,,98


Here's the slightly better pic, the color is still not correct, but much better!!

http://www.f150world.com/showownerpi...s=1&album=3063

 

may i suggest using a 20lb sledge to fix it? Ain't nothin they can't fix.

 

I just tried the movie mode, true, bright, beautiful color. It also had correct lighting and everything. This is wierd!!,,,,98

 

Dont know if this will help i have sony mavica when the white balance is out of wack with the auto focus it acts like that
Dogface

 

Are you in manual or auto mode ?

 

I was trying it in auto, and manual. I tried white balance, exposure, and tried zooming out as well. That was one of the manuals suggestions. Using the cloudy function helped a little, but not that much. The battery is charging right now, went dead while I was trying to get a decent pic, lol.,,,,98

 

Is your dig. camera memory card compatible? If it has a slot for a memory card try one. It gives it better resolution. And don't point it at direct sunlight as it will damage internal mechanisms.<---as if you did'nt already know.

 

Yeah, I have three different cards so far. None of them seem to change how the pics come out though. So, if this camera is toast (which I am guessing it is by this point) do you even repair something like this, or is it cheaper and better to buy a new one??? This is a subject I was reintroduced to yesterday at Sears. My cordless drills' batteries were useless(wouldn't charge), and the price of two new batteries was more than the cost of a new drill with two batteries and a charger, LOL!! Ridiculous!,,,,98

 

If your camera is still under warranty, take it and have it fixed under warranty. It's better than buying a new one because they are expensive!

 

It is pretty easy to screw up a deeply hidden setting on some cameras... Look for a total reset button. Mine has a reset that pust everything back to the way it came out of the box...

Since yours is still taking decent movies and movies on most oftheses cameras are nothing more than serial jpgs saved as mpeg or mov files I would find out how to reset the thing before returning it

Doug

There are also formware updates for a number of Nikons here
http://www.nikonusa.com/usa_software...ware.jsp#25049

Manuals here
http://www.nikonusa.com/usa_product/...roductNr=25049

And help with reset here

http://www.nikon-image.com/eng/ei_cs...a/qno_1444.htm

 

No reset button, or else it's a function in the seemingly 50 menus this cam has I have tried everything, even reading the manual I guess I'm waiting 4 days for a Nikon person to send me a two sentence e-mail that says nothing. That's what they did last time.,,,,,98


I don't get why it takes beautiful clear pics until I open an exterior door???????

 

Tried intentionally screwing up my camera to see if I could duplicate your problem. Nope, can't take a picture that bad with my worst settings!