Hi folks,
I have a Canon PowerShotS3 1S... It's doing the same thing as these folks' cameras.

It was fine for a foto outing and then we hooked it up to the tv to view the fotos (rather than download them as I normally) do, and it would not display ANY of the fotos on the card. Hubby decided it was a problem w/ the video aspect of the cable. The tv acknowledged the camera by a sound change.

The fotos were there and were fine.

Now, indoors it works fine, but outdoors it's overexposed, under normal light conditions.

Originally there was no shutter movement. (I turned off the flash and peeked down the lens as instructed above.)lol

I tried the tv mode, foto, open the battery door trick about eighteen times and now see slow, three tiered shutter response. Indoor shots seem unchanged, outdoor seems a little less overexposed, but are still too overexposed to be of use.

I tried extending the lens and tapping.. no change.
I tried tapping the entire pup ON the table top. no change.

I fear the malfunctioning video cable may be the culprit, mostly because of the timing, but have no clue... I'd hate for my baby to be relegated to the indoor fox farm. Any thoughts?