> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Willem-Jan > Markerink > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 1:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LCD-screen going faint on EOS-1? > > > Odd, don't believe I have seen this before, definitely not at mild > temperatures....the top LCD-screen on my EOS-1 going faint....had it > stored in a cold/unheated room for several months, fed by a BP-E1 set > of NiCd's, containing one bad (high self-discharge) cell, so on the > charger from time to time (no batteries in the camera at those times, > and the pack often being dead (but mostly enough left to make 'BC' > blink normally). > Today, when checking the camera again (first time since temperature > dropped), the screen went very faint, and not very homogenous either, > the individual LCD-segments being active quite erratically, but > overall more faint than 'broken'). > > At first I thought it was the batteries, but mounting a full PB-E1 on > that camera didn't help, and mounting the near-empty PB-E1 on my > other EOS-1 camera didn't provoke the same symptoms either, just the > usual empty signal. > > And after storing the 'broken' camera in a warmer room, the problem > is gone. > > Could this symptom be related to the on-board Lithium (memory) > battery going down? Together with the normal batteries being > empty/removed? > > (I have often wondered what the symptoms of that would be....OTOH, > with the normal batteries out/empty, this Lithium doesn't feed the > LCD-screen either....) > > PS: I don't believe it has anything to do with the industry-wide > warning that LCD's won't last more than 7 years....by now, the life- > span of the earliest EOS camera's is double that (nearly triple for > the FD T60/70/80/90), and I haven't seen this complaint anywhere > thusfar....not with other camera brands either btw. > (it might be a worst-case scenario with continuous exposure to > sunlight, as LCD's are based on polarisation-foil, and polarisation > filters in general are said to loose effect over time, but only when > exposed to light AFAIK). > > > > -- > Bye, > > Willem-Jan Markerink
Hi WJM, I think you have a bad LCD connection, they pop into a socket and it probably need to be popped out, cleaned and re-inserted. It should be an inexpensive fix at the local camera repair/service center. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
