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When I take a photo with or without the flash the light or white area`s are flashing black,could anyone help please this has started just recent
 
This is your camera pointing out the areas of your photo that have been completely blown out and have no detail in them. There is a setting on your camera somewhere that gives you the option of displaying the 'highlights'. It is useful to leave it turned on because it instantly tells you if you are over exposing.
 
I'm assuming you mean when you are previewing the image on the LCD?

The black/white flashing areas are showing you where the highlights are blown (where the image is over-exposed and all detail has been lost). You can turn the feature no/off in the camera menu if you prefer.

If you are blowing the highlights, reduce your exposure accordingly - smaller aperture / higher shutter speed / lower ISO / exposure compensation / filter etc., depending on your subject of course.
 
if you post your camera make/model somebody will help you switch this feature off if you find it annoying.
 
The flashing parts are where you have hit the highest light value on a JPG only if you shoot in RAW then this will not mean so much as if shooting in JPG only.
It might be blown out highlight but there again It might not be as only one colour has to hit 255 to set this off.
You need to test your camera to find out more.
I have some test to do this if your interested
 
hello thanks, It`s the nikon D80 fitted with the 18-135 lens
 
markyboy said:
hello thanks, It`s the nikon D80 fitted with the 18-135 lens
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You will get this with any lens, it is on your rear LCD screen, somewhere you have selected "Highlights" in your Playback display mode, check your manual to find how to turn this feature on / off.

I would leave it on as it shows areas that are over exposed.

You can scroll away from this screen (and through all the others histogram, details etc) whilst in playback (viewing image on rear screen) simply scroll through the different screens by using the front command dial.

I suspect you have unknowingly scrolled to this feature using the front command dial whilst viewing an image.

Just to add this is a feature, and not a problem.
 
It depends a lot on what you are shooting as to whether these areas being over-exposed are a problem or not. For me, shooting a bird into sunlight, I would like the bird exposed, and I don't care that the sun is flashing black.


My wife asked last week, what the flashing patches were, and whether it prints out like that :)
She didn't appreciate my sniggger
 
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