Sony Cybershot DSC-W55 - Help

On 4 Nov, 19:40, ASAAR <cau....DeleteThis@22.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:13:22 -0800, genoff2000 wrote:
> > I have just bought a Sony Cybershot DSC-W55 and if i take a picture
> > it is 100% perfect
> > then if i take the another picture again the next 4 or 5 pictures will
> > be dark or if i take another it is perfect again.
>
> > I have not made any changes to settings,
>
> > Some pictures are dark and some are fine, i cannot see what i am doing
> > wrong.
>
> Using or not using the flash? If using the flash, the W55 may be
> one that allows more pictures to be taken even if the flash hasn't
> finished recharging. Does the W55 have the same problem when taking
> outdoor pictures in full daylight?

Thanks for reply

using flash.

If i take a picture of someone or something the picture will be dark,
i take another and it will be dark, i take another and it is perfect,
all 3 pictures the flash will flash.

I could take 10 pictures of the same thing 2 will be perfect the other
8 dark and the flash, flashes evrey time.
or 8 perfect and 2 dark.

It is really annoying when you taking and picture and you have to take
it five times before it is bright/right.

have not really tested it outside in full daylight, but inside the
house in full daylight. took 1 or 2 pictures outside they
same fine.

Cheers

G
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>I could take 10 pictures of the same thing 2 will be perfect the other
>8 dark and the flash, flashes evrey time.
>or 8 perfect and 2 dark.

If the camera is new its time to return it. It must be defective.
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:10:01 -0800, genoff2000 wrote:

> If i take a picture of someone or something the picture will be dark,
> i take another and it will be dark, i take another and it is perfect,
> all 3 pictures the flash will flash.
>
> I could take 10 pictures of the same thing 2 will be perfect the other
> 8 dark and the flash, flashes evrey time.
> or 8 perfect and 2 dark.
>
> It is really annoying when you taking and picture and you have to take
> it five times before it is bright/right.
>
> have not really tested it outside in full daylight, but inside the
> house in full daylight. took 1 or 2 pictures outside they
> same fine.

As tnom said, as the camera is new, you probably should have it
replaced while you can. Still, it should only take a few minutes to
narrow down the source of the problem, since it's possible that the
camera may not actually be faulty. Does the inconsistent exposure
problem *ever* happen when the flash is not used? How dark is
"dark"? Off by only 2 or 3 stops, or *really* dark? In the "dark"
pictures, is everything in the picture much darker, or only certain
objects in the picture?

Examine the EXIF data to see if the shutter speeds and apertures
that were used are all approximately the same (for past similar
shots where some were good and some were dark). If the DSC-W55 has
a manual mode, try that to force the shutter speed and aperture to
be the same as those reported for your "good" pictures.

Also, are the pictures similar, meaning, are the inconsistently
exposed subjects all roughly the same distance from the camera? If
not, problems might arise because the W55 has a rather anemic flash,
and it's reach varies from 10.8 ft. to only 5.9 ft., depending on
whether the lens is zoomed to its wide or tele end. So it's
possible that when the flash is used (depending on subject distances
and lens settings) pictures of subjects closer than 6 or 7 feet
from the camera might have decent exposures, but others might come
out quite dark if the subjects are several feet farther from the
camera than that.
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:10:01 -0800, genoff2000 <down.load1.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On 4 Nov, 19:40, ASAAR <cau....RemoveThis@22.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:13:22 -0800, genoff2000 wrote:
>> > I have just bought a Sony Cybershot DSC-W55 and if i take a picture
>> > it is 100% perfect
>> > then if i take the another picture again the next 4 or 5 pictures will
>> > be dark or if i take another it is perfect again.
>>
>> > I have not made any changes to settings,
>>
>> > Some pictures are dark and some are fine, i cannot see what i am doing
>> > wrong.
>>
>> Using or not using the flash? If using the flash, the W55 may be
>> one that allows more pictures to be taken even if the flash hasn't
>> finished recharging. Does the W55 have the same problem when taking
>> outdoor pictures in full daylight?
>
>Thanks for reply
>
>using flash.
>
>If i take a picture of someone or something the picture will be dark,
>i take another and it will be dark, i take another and it is perfect,
>all 3 pictures the flash will flash.
>
>I could take 10 pictures of the same thing 2 will be perfect the other
>8 dark and the flash, flashes evrey time.
>or 8 perfect and 2 dark.
>
>It is really annoying when you taking and picture and you have to take
>it five times before it is bright/right.
>
>have not really tested it outside in full daylight, but inside the
>house in full daylight. took 1 or 2 pictures outside they
>same fine.
>
>Cheers
>
>G
>

I'm not going to take the time to download and read a manual for you, to be more
certain of my suspicions, but out of curiosity I went and looked at a picture of
your camera online. It's only a small image of it, at dpreview. It appears
there's more than just the lens facing forward. I can't tell from the image if
those are focus assist lights or what. From your description I'm going to guess
something non-electronic, non-setting, non-broken related as your problem.

You're sometimes putting a finger partially over a sensor that determines
exposure levels?

Some of my earlier compact P&S cameras have the exposure sensor right next to
the flash, alongside the same opening for the viewfinder, or as an independent
port in the camera case. From the image I viewed of your camera it appears any
one of those scenarios could be your situation.

This reminds me all too much of people in the distant past that wondered why
they had a blurry pinkish shape at the edges of only some of their
Instamatic-126 photos. Getting their photos back a week later didn't help with
any instant feedback nor memory of what must have caused it. Mostly they were
upset that the developers screwed up their film.
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