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Black LCD screen/ not 'seeing' picture. Canon EOS 400D camera

When I turn on the camera to take picture the LCD screen is black and not 'seeing' what I want to take a picture of. If I press the 'disp' button it flips to the camera settings for the picture, press it again and the screen goes black. The LCD sensor above the screen is working as when I cover it the screen goes blank, uncover it and it goes back to the picture settings. I have tried playing with all the settings but so far nothing has worked. Please help! Let me know any ideas.

  • rebs35 Dec 26, 2008

    My LCD screen used to show the picture image but it is now a blank screen or it shows the picture/camera format controls instead. How do I get it back to showing the image I want to photograph?

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The Digital Rebel XTi doesn't have 'live view' mode, you can't see what you're taking a picture of before you take the picture.

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