X-E3 - Images overexposed - Is something wrong with the camera or am i doing something wrong ?

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Does it do this with both the mechanical and electronic shutters?

This is what I was going to say.

An easy thing to test, which may narrow things down a bit.

I think Fuji will detect water damage and decline to repair.

This is most likely while obviously thecamera and the sensor works, a shift of 1.5 EV being after all a minor problem

Now why not use this camera with a permanent EV correction ?

In PS I have corrected the file (JPEG) in a second !

Or on manual.  But I'd not trust the camera to continue to work, esp. if it was salt water.  Corrosion is, well, corrosive.

a_c_skinner wrote:

The OP has said it was a wave splash. It is almost certainly beyond economic repair. Worth considering but I'd not be hopeful.

Never ever would buy a camera that’s already partly broken from wave splash, but that’s just me.

A 1 month observation period. Again I'm not too pessimistic the files are ok in PS and easily corrected.

Anyway as you stated, nobody will seriously repair it, if it lasts the issue is minor

Bob

If we imagine that some humidity is still present in the body that could explain for the erratic overexposure.... (different from one shot to the other)

Put the camera without lens in the bottom of a pilow case take a hair dryer set to the first t° (mild heating) then warm the pilowcase from its opening  with the hair dryer for a while avoiding exceeding say 35°C leave the camera cooling down and try

If this did not worked, an idea to save your 150$ investment would be to use the camera with a permanent -2 or -3 EV correction, plus if needed the addition of a ND filter a rather cheap solution

Good luck for the future of this odd camera 

Does the issue still exist when setting the Exp Comp dial to -1 or with an ND filter? If you don't have an ND, try shooting through sunglasses.

Samuraidog wrote:

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Does it do this with both the mechanical and electronic shutters?

This is what I was going to say.

An easy thing to test, which may narrow things down a bit.

Good call, my money’s on the shutter and this would be a perfect test. Also, if the shutter is fried and can’t be repaired, it might still be useful as an e-shutter only body going forward, but best to discover that now before the shutter fails entirely and locks the camera up.

Good question indeed...

Yes, are the RAW files effective and lets not forget about using the electronic shutter. If the electronic shutter works, I suspect it would be a safe bet that the problem is mechanical. If the electronic shutter does not work, you are looking at something other than a mechanical defect.