Digital Camera Problem

SeaBreeze

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I have an older little 4 megapixel Pentax pocket camera that uses an SD memory card. It's been pretty reliable, is water resistant (good for camping), and handy. But I started having trouble with photos not coming out, and having a pink tone to them. So I bought a new memory card, and am having the same issues. I took a nice close photo of two deer outside by backyard fence today, but this is how it came out...any ideas on what the problem is, anyone else get pictures like this? :(

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Just going on a wing and a prayer here, but have you checked (or CAN you check) the white balance? If there's a setting for it you might want to make sure it's set properly, because it almost appears that you're taking fluorescent-balanced shots instead of daylight-balanced. The streaking and such I can't say, unless the main sensor is shot, in which case the camera is probably garbage.

Good luck with it!
 
If if turns out not to be fixable, SeaBreeze, they can usually be found almost free on Craigslist nowdays. I stopped even using mine when I got my new iPhone, and I think that since phone camera in smartphones are as good or better than some of the older digital cameras, many people are using their phones instead.
Before I got my iPhone, I bought a nice Casio 6 megapixel camera with the accessories for $20 , and it worked fine. I think I might have got that one on eBay, and the $20 included shipping.
Anuway, worth checking, if the one you have can't be easily fixed.
 

Thanks Phil. The White Balance has always been set on AWB or Auto, since I got the camera. Being gizmo-challenged I figured auto setting were the safest and simplest way to go. There's also Daylight, Shade, Tungsten Light, Fluorescent Light and Manual. But from day 1 it's always been on auto. Less than a minute after that photo, I took another when the deer were walking away, and posted it today on the Share Your Day July thread, that one came out okay.

Thanks Happyflowerlady, I like the camera because it uses AA batteries, so when we're in the woods camping, we don't have to worry about recharging anything...also that it's water resistant. I'm still using a prepaid Tracfone, so no camera there. :p
 
Heck, that's psychedelic, SeaBreeze! Reminds me of when we found some film in the back of a truck in 'Nam that had been sitting in the sun forever. The LT suggested I try it out and see what happens. Viola! Pretty colors!
 
There are some Pentax cameras starting at 99 cents on eBay. You just put in the search which camera you have, and see what is comparable.
I had mine stolen, and wanted to find another one just like it, because I loved the docking cradle on my Casio; so I started searching eBay until I found one like mine, and then bought that.
(Then, my daughter gave me the iPhone, and I don't need a docking cradle, or to even upload pictures to my computer anymore, the iPhone does it all automatically.)

Hopefully, yours will just be a simple fix, and you won't have to replace it, since it is just what you want.
 


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