Unxpoesed Photos from D60

[Newpics]

Need your help. Shooting from my Canon D60 all photos are unexposed, can anyone help with this problem.

[Hermeto]

Can you post an example?

[Newpics]

All images are the same as this.

[Jman13]

Is this a recent phenomenon? Does it happen regardless of the exposure set? If you shoot at bright light and set a wide open aperture for 30 seconds do you still get that? Can you hear the shutter open?

Is the lens cap off? ;)

[Hermeto]

Wow, it is really underexposed!
If you’re sure that you didn’t forget to take the lens cap off, this camera is bound to see the service centre IMHO..

[Newpics]

All exposures are the same even shooting at bright lights, and in bulb setting.

[Jman13]

Sounds fubar. If it's a loose connection between the sensor and the rest of the camera, Canon might be able to fix it for little money, but you never know...it might be too costly to be worth it. In my opinion, with a camera as old as the D60, if you can get it fixed for under $150, it would be worth it. More than that, and you'd really need to make a decision. More than $250, and no way would I bother.

If it is too costly to repair, you can sell it on eBay for repair parts. I've seen completely dead cameras go for about 50% of fully functional price on there.

[Wilt]

No light being recorded...could be shutter not working, could be electronic sensor circuitry not working.

Have you tried taking off the lens, putting the camera on a very long shutter-open time, and peering into the camera while the shutter is supposed to be open?...you should be able to see the sensor. If you cannot, the shutter itself needs work. If you can see the sensor, the shutter works and the issue is probably the sensor and supporting circuitry need work.

[kevin_c]

I see the obvious 'lens cap' comment has already been mentioned :-) It does look quite serious, I assume you have checked with a lens off to see if the mirror moves etc. (assuming it will let you do this??) It's a visit to the service centre me thinks :-(

[kitacanon]

It's either a mechanical or electrical problem.
In M mode set the camera to BULB and see if the mirror flips up and the shutter opens and you can see the sensor. That would give you some idea if it's the mirror, shutter, or sensor.

I'm pretty sure if the mirror didn't flip up and the shutter did open and the sensor did work you'd see SOME exposure...

Obviously if the shutter doesn't open that could be the limit of your problem. It could still be the sensor though...

If the shutter opens then the problem would have to be the sensor or internal electrical connections...

good luck...

[segasaturn]

Wow! That's really underexposed. Listen to Juman. It looks fubar to me too. When was the D60 manufactured?

[LORatliff]

I have an Olympus E-20 that has the same problem right now. Turns out the CMOS sensor is shot. :confused:

[deadpass]

when I read the title of the thread I thought it was a typo, but no, those really are unexposed!

[Mark_Cohran]

If you're lucky, it's just the shutter and you can get that repaired for a fairly reasonable price if you intend to keep the camera.

Mark

[maxyedor]

With no lens on the camera, set for a 30 second exposure. Hit the shutter and then look at the front of the camera where the mirror is, if you see flat black stipes then it's your shutter not opening, if you see a shiny black thing that's the sensor an it could very well meen that the camera is dead. Either way, find a repair shop that will do a no charge estimate and see what they say.