Quaking Aspen,
That's what I was thinking. I must have it on a programmable function and accidentally hit that button. I will have to read up on that because honestly, I don't use those functions and don't know how to set it up or change. :(
Thanks to all for the advice! Will change to RAW mode! It's just really strange because after it happened the first time, I would frequently check the setting. Sure enough at some point during the graduation, it switched over. I took many photos again in Illustration mode before realizing it had switched. Super paranoid now but by hopefully by putting it in the RAW mode, I can worry a little bit less!
I was in the Extra Fine Mode, not RAW. :(
I'm just sick! Don't know how the settings switch into the Illustration Mode. After realizing some pictures were taken in Illustration mode, I found where to turn it off. At my daughter's high school graduation, at some point it switched back to Illustration mode. For the life of me, I can't figure out how that happened. Has anyone invented how to make these Illustration photos, regular mode??? If I had it my way I would permanently disable this feature!!!!
I accidentally shot some photos in Illustration mode. Any way to view these pics normally! Ughhhhh! They appeared normal in the playback.