On Jan 22, 4:47*am, DaveC wrote:
Olympus FE-20
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Are the pictures pale-looking even when you upload them to a computer?

Has the camera previously produced acceptable pictures?

Is the battery OK? *

Could be a fault in the exposure meter or in the 'firmware'. *

Wouldn't these faults be evident in the "viewfinder" mode (before taking the
exposure)? When I aim the camera at light and dark subjects the camera
compensates by "irising" up and down to give what looks to be a
properly-exposed "preview" display. Only when the image is captured is it
overexposed.

Images downloaded and viewed on the computer are overexposed, identical to
when viewed on the camera's display.

This is a new-to-me camera (used) so I don't know the history.

Battery icon is green (fully charged).

It doesn't matter whether flash is on or off.

Ideas?

Samples, including exif, please? In other words please post some of
the worst examples, unedited except for resizing, and make sure
whatever program you use leaves the exif details intact.

The Oly FE20 has a pretty ordinary sensor, with a limited dynamic
range. It is probably set to slightly overexpose out of the box, to
give the bright results that ma and pa kettle expect. And at this
stage we don't even know if your monitor is correctly adjusted..

I'd really like to see the images to ensure it isn't a natural result
of the type of images you are taking..