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daveyboy · Dec 20, 2002, 6:59 PM

When I was taking pictures today I saw a light blue vertical line going right thru my camera's LCD.
Can someone please tell me if this is a defect or something that can happen from time to time.
Thanks for your help.

MentorRon · Dec 21, 2002, 1:11 AM

Was this when you were facing the sun? If so, it's the overwhelmed bucket-brigade CCD. It doesn't affect the picture itself, it's just on the LCD.

rimbo · Dec 21, 2002, 6:02 PM

Could you give some more details of what you were taking pictures of, the time of day, did you change any settings on the camera, lighting conditions etc.

R.

david999 · Dec 22, 2002, 1:53 PM

Thanks for the replies. Well, I was in a busy shopping mall with a lot of bright lights. The camera was pretty much on full auto w/flash. I may however, have had it in the Movie mode at the time
(not recording). Not 100% sure.
So as MR. implies, I should just consider this as an occasional occurance and try to ignore it.? Or could there be a malfunction of sorts?

david999 · Dec 22, 2002, 2:00 PM

Whoops. Just realized that my author name is different as I logged on with a different user name. I am AKA Daveyboy.

ops:

MentorRon · Dec 23, 2002, 4:12 PM

As I mentioned above, LCD's have problems with extreme point sources of light. The individual pixel's contents overflow into the adjacent ones above and below, creating a streak from top to bottom of the image (it's usually white, though). This should NOT affect the image stored on the card from the CCD (assuming a modern well made camera). Here's a sample of the stored image which had created that same effect on my LCD:

http://www.pbase.com/image/9401963/large

Once upon a time, video camera CCDs were affected by this, and images were degraded. In the present instance, it's just an annoyance, forcing you to check your saved image to ensure it's ok.

rimbo · Dec 23, 2002, 6:20 PM

I think what you are describing is a single bright light source at the edge of your picture frame. I've noticed it aswell both indoors and outdoors especially on a sunny day. If you zoom in on your subject or move to a different position, you will get rid of this 'intruder'. The old photographic adage applies here, try and keep your light source behind you. I hope this helps.

R.

daveyboy · Dec 25, 2002, 12:02 PM

thanks for the great explaination, guys. btw...nice pics MR!!

Dec 20, 2002, 6:59 PM	#1
daveyboy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 24	oh oh, S230 problem?? When I was taking pictures today I saw a light blue vertical line going right thru my camera's LCD. Can someone please tell me if this is a defect or something that can happen from time to time. Thanks for your help.

Dec 21, 2002, 6:02 PM	#3
rimbo Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 77	S230 problem Could you give some more details of what you were taking pictures of, the time of day, did you change any settings on the camera, lighting conditions etc. R.

Dec 23, 2002, 6:20 PM	#7
rimbo Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 77	oh, oh S230 problem I think what you are describing is a single bright light source at the edge of your picture frame. I've noticed it aswell both indoors and outdoors especially on a sunny day. If you zoom in on your subject or move to a different position, you will get rid of this 'intruder'. The old photographic adage applies here, try and keep your light source behind you. I hope this helps. R.

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Dec 21, 2002, 1:11 AM	#2
MentorRon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 307	Was this when you were facing the sun? If so, it's the overwhelmed bucket-brigade CCD. It doesn't affect the picture itself, it's just on the LCD.

Dec 22, 2002, 1:53 PM	#4
david999 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2	Thanks for the replies. Well, I was in a busy shopping mall with a lot of bright lights. The camera was pretty much on full auto w/flash. I may however, have had it in the Movie mode at the time (not recording). Not 100% sure. So as MR. implies, I should just consider this as an occasional occurance and try to ignore it.? Or could there be a malfunction of sorts?

Dec 22, 2002, 2:00 PM	#5
david999 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2	Whoops. Just realized that my author name is different as I logged on with a different user name. I am AKA Daveyboy. ops:

Dec 23, 2002, 4:12 PM	#6
MentorRon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 307	As I mentioned above, LCD's have problems with extreme point sources of light. The individual pixel's contents overflow into the adjacent ones above and below, creating a streak from top to bottom of the image (it's usually white, though). This should NOT affect the image stored on the card from the CCD (assuming a modern well made camera). Here's a sample of the stored image which had created that same effect on my LCD: http://www.pbase.com/image/9401963/large Once upon a time, video camera CCDs were affected by this, and images were degraded. In the present instance, it's just an annoyance, forcing you to check your saved image to ensure it's ok.

Dec 25, 2002, 12:02 PM	#8
daveyboy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 24	thanks for the great explaination, guys. btw...nice pics MR!!