Your opinion of Canon 400D

Doug McDonald wrote:
Colin_D wrote:

My 300D has variable brightness for the lcd screen, accessible in the
menu. I run mine at 2 (out of 5), and it's adequately bright. Have you
tried increasing the 30D's lcd brightness? - assuming you have one, and
are not just commenting on a quick look in a camera store, where the
brightness could have been fiddled anywhere.


Oh I have one, and I have it set to max brightness. It's OK
except in sunlight (and no, looking away from the sun and
shielding the screen with my hands just isn't quite good enough).

Direct sunlight is going to be a problem no matter what.
You *can* arrange for a bright enough LCD screen and if
you listen hard enough you can hear your batteries emptying
as you watch it.

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--- Paul J. Gans

default wrote:
"Doug McDonald" wrote in message
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Oh I have one, and I have it set to max brightness. It's OK
except in sunlight (and no, looking away from the sun and
shielding the screen with my hands just isn't quite good enough).


Hopefully this isn't too stupid of a question, but are you wearing polarized
sunglasses to see the LCD? The light coming from an LCD is polarized and if
the angle is right, it will go black with sunglasses.



No, I don't wear polarized glasses. However, with them the correct
way you would get increased contrast of the screen, a good thing.

Doug McDonald

Paul J Gans wrote:

Doug McDonald wrote:

Colin_D wrote:

My 300D has variable brightness for the lcd screen, accessible in the
menu. I run mine at 2 (out of 5), and it's adequately bright. Have you
tried increasing the 30D's lcd brightness? - assuming you have one, and
are not just commenting on a quick look in a camera store, where the
brightness could have been fiddled anywhere.

Oh I have one, and I have it set to max brightness. It's OK
except in sunlight (and no, looking away from the sun and
shielding the screen with my hands just isn't quite good enough).

Direct sunlight is going to be a problem no matter what.
You *can* arrange for a bright enough LCD screen and if
you listen hard enough you can hear your batteries emptying
as you watch it.

I'm super happy with the LCD on my Nikon D200 but it chews up batteries
fast.