Canon A20 cannot shoot outdoor

[rahimitudm]

I have a Canon A20 that cannot shoot outdoors. Indoors, it's ok, with or without flash. When shooting outdoors, the image on the LCD and in memory is whitish. I've tried altering the setups, white balance but with no positive results.
Anybody have the same problem with it? Could do with some advice. :cry:

[Alnath]

As the A20 is now quite old it could simply be past its life, i know my A20 has dead pixels all over the shop.

[Jon]

Sounds like your shutter or aperture are not functioning properly (overexposing the picture). It's no doubt repairable but it would probably be cheaper to upgrade. Can you post some examples with EXIF data? You might also try setting to the lowest ISO setting, and using M with as fast a shutter speed as you can set. Then try using several aperture settings and see if you get any difference. Then set as small an aperture as you can, and try varying the shutter speeds. If your constant shutter speed arrangement gives you best results on one of the shots, your aperture is the problem (probably stuck open); if varying the shutter speed gives you the best picture, the shutter's having problems. Once you find out which does best, you'll be able to work around the situation. I'm guessing it's the aperture sticking just from your description of what, and when, it goes off.

[rahimitudm]

as we know, i cannot set any shutter speed/aperture parameters on the A20, and resigning to my fate, i recently upgraded to a more advanced (to me, that is) 3.2 MP Canon A75. My question is: what's the maximum capacity of CF 1 card that it can support? For now, I am using a 256 MB card. I would like to use a 1GB card. Please asisst me. So far, I am quite happy with the camera's performace. I am printing out only 4R size images or relying on the VGA images for internet use. Thanking you in advance.

[Jon]

It'll take a 1 GB card fine. I think it'll also accept a 2 GB card but I wouldn't try anything larger.

[rahimitudm]

I think that I might want to know more about my Canon PowerShot A20 deficiency. You did say that I can post you some images with EXIF data? I do not understand EXIF data. Where can I read off the EXIF data that my Canon A20 churns out? I can post you some images, might be you can interpret them in you own way. Eager to hear from you soon.

[august23]

I dont want to be the bearer of bad news, but you might just need to face the fact that the A20 is way out dated, and yours has probably taken its last good photo a while ago. Theres plenty of cheap decent P&S cameras on the market. The Canon A75, while not really considered an "upgrade" is still a great camera. May I suggest looking into canons SD series? You can get an SD300 or SD400 for a very reasonable price, and theyre much faster and more capable than the A75. Just my suggestions.

[Jon]

You can view the EXIF data from Zoom Browser, which came with your camera; with Irfanview; through Windows Explorer's Advanced Summary Properties tab for the file; or through most image editing programs.