How sensitive a sensor to light?

[Dolby]

As most of you know, my Canon died and all shots are underexposed.

Last night I was going through the last few decent shots and I see a few shots of a sunset I was taking. Sun was fairly bright and high in the sky, but not full on direct - which I know you don't take.

I'm kind of thinking I may have damaged the camera myself with the sun burning the lens :/

How sensitive are the sensors to light?

 

[MadMailMan]

I'm just guessing here but I think your theory about a damaged sensor aint quite right. If it was the sensor damaged by the light you would get an uneven shot almost like when a picture is burned into a CRT. I'm guessing (and this is only guessing, cause I'm clueless) that maybe your light sensoring circuitry is shot. So it doesn't measure or caluclate the light correctly. And maybe that is why you get an even picture but just underexposed. Whether or not that was caused by shooting the sun is anybodies guess.

Sorry for your loss. May your Canon R.I.P.

 

[bwana]

If a camera sensor was going to be damaged by intense sunlight it would more likely happen to a P&S than a dSLR (where the mirror would protect it . . . at the expense of your retina).