I'm having a minor, but annoying issue with my camera. It's a sophisticated point-and-shoot by Samsung, the WB35F. Most of the time, I leave it on auto, so it picks the best settings for the situation. Occasionally, it can't figure out what to use, so I have to manually change the settings. I'm pretty sure you can adjust f-stops and aperatures and all of that stuff, but I'm pretty clueless, so I just leave it on auto, or semi-auto. Anyway, what it's doing now is casting shadows in the corners of every photo I take. I do a lot of closeups of jewelry and doll clothing against a solid white backdrop, so these shadows are pretty obvious.
See what I'm talking about? The dark smudge in the bottom right corner. The other corners are shadowed too, but it's not as obvious in this particular photo. It used to just do it once in awhile, but now it's every photo I take.
No, my fingers aren't in front of the lens. Yes, it does it even when the lighting is good. Yes, I've tried cleaning the lens. I even bought a special cleaning "pen" and brush, but it didn't help. I'm about ready to buy a new camera, because I have to keep cropping my photos to get rid of the shadows. It's getting annoying.
Any ideas on what's causing it, or how to fix it? Or how to prevent it from happening again if I buy a new camera? (The only reason I haven't bought a new one yet is because I'm being stubborn about wanting a purple camera. This one is purple and I love it. I'm not going to settle for dull, boring black! But if I get a new camera, I want to upgrade a little, and I can't find an upgraded camera that's purple.)
See what I'm talking about? The dark smudge in the bottom right corner. The other corners are shadowed too, but it's not as obvious in this particular photo. It used to just do it once in awhile, but now it's every photo I take.
No, my fingers aren't in front of the lens. Yes, it does it even when the lighting is good. Yes, I've tried cleaning the lens. I even bought a special cleaning "pen" and brush, but it didn't help. I'm about ready to buy a new camera, because I have to keep cropping my photos to get rid of the shadows. It's getting annoying.
Any ideas on what's causing it, or how to fix it? Or how to prevent it from happening again if I buy a new camera? (The only reason I haven't bought a new one yet is because I'm being stubborn about wanting a purple camera. This one is purple and I love it. I'm not going to settle for dull, boring black! But if I get a new camera, I want to upgrade a little, and I can't find an upgraded camera that's purple.)