Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.

Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder, the exposure
looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results in an overexposed photo.

It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo shown on the
LCD display is always overexposed.

Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the exposure.

I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display is accurate,
why would the exposed photo be different?

What might be the cause?

Thanks,
Dave

Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.

Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder,
the exposure looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results
in an overexposed photo.

It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo
shown on the LCD display is always overexposed.

Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the
exposure.

I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display
is accurate, why would the exposed photo be different?

What might be the cause?


Bad design. This is a common problem with digital cameras.

"What you see" on the LCD is not always "what you get". On my Olympus E-500,
the LCD image almost always looks underexposed. Yet the final image is
correct.

I assume the camera has some sort of exposure compensation. If setting it to
underexpose all your shots doesn't fix the problem, the camera needs
servicing. Or you need a new camera.

On Jan 21, 3:46*am, DaveC wrote:
Olympus FE-20 p&s digicam.

Holding the camera up and using the display as the viewfinder, the exposure
looks normal. Pressing the shutter button results in an overexposed photo..

It doesn't matter if the flash is on or off; the resulting photo shown on the
LCD display is always overexposed.

Changing the exposure setting does have a little effect on the exposure.

I'm a bit confused; if the "before the shot" view in the display is accurate,
why would the exposed photo be different?

What might be the cause?

Thanks,
Dave

Have you gone thru the service manual? Have you replaced a battery
recently? Has the camera always been this way since new??
Sommerwerck is right.