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Hi,
When the camera is turned on, the LCD diaplay screen is blank (dark) and just displays various information icons for batterly level, megapixels, quality, flash-on, etc. When I try to take pictures, the same is not possible as LCD screen does not display anything. However, it does click and take pictures - which are nothing but black squares.
However, the LCD screen works fine when used in preview mode for the pictures taken before the problem started.
Thanks for your response.
Zarir Shroff
Canon Powershot S230 LCD screen is black.Shows icons and takes pictures but nothing shows up on the screen.The flash is still working.
My camera just turn blank,please help me with the troobleshooting,it seems that I touched some wrong buttons.What shall I do?My camera just turn blank,please help me with the troobleshooting,it seems that I touched some wrong buttons.What shall I do?
AnonymousMar 08, 2009
When I take pictures the LCD screen shows up black. It will take the picture and flash, but the picture is just a black picture. Everything on the LCD screen shows up, the portrait, flash, etc. When I take pictures the LCD screen shows up black. It will take the picture and flash, but the picture is just a black picture. Everything on the LCD screen shows up, the portrait, flash, etc.
When I take pictures the picture shows up black. It will flash and everything, but the picture will not show up of what I'm taking. On the LCD screen the portrait symbols show up as well as the flash, but the LCD screen just shows up black. When I take pictures the picture shows up black. It will flash and everything, but the picture will not show up of what I'm taking. On the LCD screen the portrait symbols show up as well as the flash, but the LCD screen just shows up black.
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CCD malfunction, common with Sony manufactured CCD chips. You are in luck, its a free repair regardless of warranty date. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=223&modelid=8044#
Um ... I live in New Zealand ... and bought it off a 1 day sale site ... what do I do??Um ... I live in New Zealand ... and bought it off a 1 day sale site ... what do I do??
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The screen display is black when taking a picture and when looking at them.... Is it a settin that is not right? Can you please help us with this problem?
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the image in the LCD monitor will darken in strong sunlight or bright light. This is normal occurrrence in device CCDs and does not contitute a malfunction. This image will not be recoded when shooting still photos, but it will be recorded wihen shooting movies.Read you owner manual and adjust the MENU, according with your o. manual.Otherwise you must go the repair shop God bless you
The display being blank can be due to failure of the LCD or the CCD which is the optical sensor of the camera. So to confirm check the older picture to be seen on the display. Confirm this by checking the card on your PC. If the images/picture is seen to be of good quality, then the LCD can be faulty, fault on the linking cable or the control board.since you are able to seen the ICONS the LCD is good , Now if the picture taken are seen well the CCD is also OK and the fault seems to be a digital logic gate failure as there is no switching of the circuit .
This might require a probe and it might be a relative issue in the motherboard circuit or the processsor. Remove battery , press down all buttons to drain off voltage and see if the camera resets.
You need to check your power options settings and modify it , so that your monitor does not turn off automatically.
If you are using windows xp , go in control panel and then there would be an icon for power options , double click the power options and then you would find settings which read turn off monitor , turn off hard disk etc... select the turn off monitor to never mode or as per your convenience and you would have your problem solved.
Please clarify your problem so someone can help you.
1. Does the camera power up? It has good batteries and the Status Indicator LED lights up showing that the camera has adequate battery power?
2. Is the screen blank when playing back previously taken photos also, just during recording, or all the time?
3. Can you see the camera menu's ok but not the live view of the subject.. or is everything blank?
4. Are you quite familiar with the menu's and most aspects of this camera model and you're sure all the settings are correct?
Please provide more detail. In the meantime check the basics such as:
1. Press the display button on the back while the camera is on.
This toggles the display setting between various settings such as
Off/ On / Info. The screen may be switched off.
2, Check that the monitor brightness setting is set to medium at least
in the menu's.
3. If the problem is only affecting recording then check that
the main record settings are correct for the type of scene. For
example don't use Beach, Snow, Candle or manual with a super high shutter speed while taking regular daylight shots.
2nd example .....If you set the shutter speed really high such as 1/1000 second while using indoor lighting the shots will be very dark.
4. If the LCD display has a hardware issue you could connect the camera to a TV using the video output jack and look at it that way. Then you'll know if the built-in LCD is ok or not.
5. Having a damaged or stuck video output jack WOULD cause this problem also,, since that circuitry is designed to automatically shut off the built-in LCD display when you connect a video cord to it. So leaving a cord plugged in to the video jack would shut off the display.
A little more info may be required, if its a canon, after you turn it on look for the little Disp button, press that to cycle through the various display modes. If its not a canon please tell us a little more.
Have you tried pressing the 'INFO' button? This little button will toggle between camera info on display/no info on display (when the display isn't in use to display pictures).
Hi, When you say the screen is "blank" Is it totally blank or do the icons appear on screen? can you review any previous pictures etc?
As the camera still powers up it is possible that the ribbon for the screen has popped out of it's socket.
My email is listed in "the only way i know how.." In my tips n tricks section on my profile if you would like more advice.
I have a sony cybershot DSC-S650, the LCD was very dark and could not
see anything except if I pointed it at a bright object, everything else
worked ok. I could take pictures but could barely see them in playback
as well.
I took it to Sony authorised repair outlet and was told
the CCD was damaged, they charged me USD $55 to repair it (in Quito,
Ecuador)
The Display button manually turns the LCD display on or off to save batteries. If you accidentally had turned the LCD off, It should only take one press of the button to turn it back on and leave it that way. As such, it's not you but the camera. The A570 IS is relatively new. Your camera is likely still under warranty. If so, contact Canon for warranty repair (see the following link):
My camera just turn blank,please help me with the troobleshooting,it seems that I touched some wrong buttons.What shall I do?
When I take pictures the LCD screen shows up black. It will take the picture and flash, but the picture is just a black picture. Everything on the LCD screen shows up, the portrait, flash, etc.
When I take pictures the picture shows up black. It will flash and everything, but the picture will not show up of what I'm taking. On the LCD screen the portrait symbols show up as well as the flash, but the LCD screen just shows up black.
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