I was given a Canon Power Shot A560 about six weeks ago. In that time I've had two horribly overexposed shots with no idea of what might've caused them. Below is the latest. The information about the shot is self-timer used, ISO 125, shutter speed 1/60, aperture F2.6, no flash. So-called "evaluative" metering was used. Subject is a little off-center, but if the metering was done on the sky, then it should have been underexposed, not overexposed.

Anyone have any ideas?

I WOULD TURN TO AVID< HE HAS SOME GREAT FISH CAUGHT SHOTS

shutter speed 1/60, and F2.6. I believe both of these are too low, concidering you were outside in the sun. I would turn these down, the aperature(F) is probably what you need to play with first, I can't suggest what to set it at but definetly set it to a higher number. It allows how much light is allowed in.  Go outside and take some pictures and play around with it. Good luck, hope this helps and have fun.

Thanks Matt. I've been monkeying around with SLRs for 40+ years but this is my first digital. I can't set aperture or shutter speed, so something went terribly wrong and I'd love to know what could cause something like that. The results were about what I'd expect from that exposure, but the camera shouldn't have selected that exposure and I have a feeling that a failure like that might happen with my "fish of a lifetime."

I'm no "camera expert" and that's why I only use the Auto feature on my Canon Powershot G6.  It works great but I always try to position the camera so the sun/light is at its back.  I've taken hundreds of Bass pics doing it that way and most if not all of them come out nicely.

Dan