My 13-year old daughter has a pentax optio ls1000 and the display screen is just showing pictures in shades of green. is this a fault or some strange 'mode'?

You will need to replace the camera, it is not cost effective to repair it

trouble shoot your camera to fix its problemand return optio to working order.

It is not the DISPLAY...

The video sensor is having issues...

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click on the green button with the picture of the trash can... i have a pentax optio m50 and it worked for me!

i got it!!! on my cam i hold down the menu button at the same time power on, it will showup a " ver 1.00" and lens move a little maybe u have to do it 2 times but second time it should work

i got it!!! on my cam i hold down the menu button at the same time power on, it will showup a " ver 1.00" and lens move a little maybe u have to do it 2 times but second time it should work

The a90 error message, relates to an electronic fault on the main printed circuit board of the camera.

No I don't believe it is your shutter, more than likely it is a LCD Screen problem. I would suggest you take your camera back to the shop where you purchased the camera and have it serviced under warranty. I had a customer with an Optio 550 come in and it looked like every shot was taken through 'venetian blinds' and the problem was with the LCD Screen and the camera was sent back to Pentax and repaired under warranty.

I would reformat the memory card first. It might be that.

Just had the same problem (black display). I moved my hand in front of it and took pictures of things but nothing happened. Then my girlfriend tried to point it to a lamp, and all-of-a-sudden it kinda woke up from a screensaver or something. So weird, but it worked. Perhaps it needs enough light in order to start using the display and lens. I couldn't take any pictures when the LCD was black. So, try pointing it towards a strong light source before you break your camera.