Iso was on automatic. I tried putting it lower, but the picture was still white.
it was day, round 2pm
shooting mode? no idea.. regular?
Wah, in 2pm daylight you shoot 1s. :bigeyes: You win. :thumbsup: No wonder you get a white pic. :bsmilie:
Even with ISO100 and f/22 I also don't think you could get a properly exposed pic. :bsmilie:
Look up you manual for the shooting modes (I think Canon calls them P, Av, Tv, M - for Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, and Manual mode). But from your description I guess you're either shooting in Tv or M mode, since you're setting the shutter speed to 1s.
Now why you get white pics? Let's say you're shooting with Shutter priority (Tv) mode. Let assume the ISO is 100 (the lowest it can go). So you set shutter speed to 1s. The pic will be very much overexposed, and the camera will try it's best to compensate by selecting an aperture as narrow as possible. But remember that your lens has a limit on how narrow the aperture can go. Let's say it is f/22. Once the camera hits f/22, it will no longer be able to compensate further, thus leaving an overexposed, white pic.
While you're reading the manual, also look up something call the analog exposure meter (not sure whether your 500D has it, I'm a Nikon user). A common mistake newbies make is to exceed the range of the camera (e.g. selecting a shutter speed so slow that the aperture exceeds the narrowest available on your lens) resulting in improperly exposed pics. The analog exposure meter in your viewfinder will tell you whether your shot is over or underexposed.
