>> 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
>I know that[*], but all it took to solve it was warming up, and all >it caused was long storage in a (by then) cold room. >It might be oxidation of the contacts (though it's far from moist in >that room, just a bone cold bedroom, and the camera was deep inside a >Lowe bag), but I would have expected that under any other condition >than this one....not by storage only. > >[*] once repaired a broken/damaged EOS-1 (started with only a broken >LCD on top, ended with only a (partly) broken viewfinder-LED....oh >well, too much work to open up the top cover again....:)) The warming might have solved it because the warming caused the metal to expand making a better contact. I've seen that on a number of circuit boards I've worked on. You can sometimes test this by taking a can of compressed air and shooting it upside down at the LCD when it is warm. Gilbert (A 6 or so year lurker... :-) =========================================================================== Gilbert Tseng | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Never underestimate the power of http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~gtseng | stupid people in large groups. | * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
