Canon A80 LCD Seems Dark

I have a new Canon A80 and I'm just getting used to it. I have noticed
that the LCD seems a little dark when I'm in outdoor shade, or low light
indoors. For instance, I was at a low lighted train museum taking
indoor pictures, and in some instances I couldn't see the object in the
LCD, and in another instance, I was in the outdoor 5 pm shade taking a
picture of a nearby object, and I could barely see the object. In both
cases, the pictures turned out brighter than they appeared in the LCD.

A friend has a Sony DSCP-71, and he tried taking the same pictures at
the same time, and they showed up normal brightness in his LCD and
brighter when taken.

We both used all auto settings. His camera has an adjustment for LCD
brightness, and he has it set to normal.

I did a google and did find others asking about the A80 and dark LCD,
but no one replied. Is this normal? Is there a setting to adjust the
brightness?

Thank you,
Shannon

Shannon wrote:
I have a new Canon A80 and I'm just getting used to it. I have noticed
that the LCD seems a little dark when I'm in outdoor shade, or low light
indoors. For instance, I was at a low lighted train museum taking
indoor pictures, and in some instances I couldn't see the object in the
LCD, and in another instance, I was in the outdoor 5 pm shade taking a
picture of a nearby object, and I could barely see the object. In both
cases, the pictures turned out brighter than they appeared in the LCD.

A friend has a Sony DSCP-71, and he tried taking the same pictures at
the same time, and they showed up normal brightness in his LCD and
brighter when taken.

We both used all auto settings. His camera has an adjustment for LCD
brightness, and he has it set to normal.

I did a google and did find others asking about the A80 and dark LCD,
but no one replied. Is this normal? Is there a setting to adjust the
brightness?

Thank you,
Shannon

The fact that you can see anything is an improvement over the A40. I
don't use the lcd for shooting, but trying to set menu items in bright
daylight is a challenge. I would like to see the menu items moved to a
separate xtal display, some cameras have this but don't know what info
is displayed. Still, the rest of the camera is great and A80 can only be
better.
Dave Cohen

Dave Cohen wrote in
:

Shannon wrote:
I have a new Canon A80 and I'm just getting used to it. I have
noticed that the LCD seems a little dark when I'm in outdoor shade,
or low light indoors. For instance, I was at a low lighted train
museum taking indoor pictures, and in some instances I couldn't see
the object in the LCD, and in another instance, I was in the outdoor
5 pm shade taking a picture of a nearby object, and I could barely
see the object. In both cases, the pictures turned out brighter than
they appeared in the LCD.

A friend has a Sony DSCP-71, and he tried taking the same pictures at
the same time, and they showed up normal brightness in his LCD and
brighter when taken.

We both used all auto settings. His camera has an adjustment for LCD
brightness, and he has it set to normal.

I did a google and did find others asking about the A80 and dark LCD,
but no one replied. Is this normal? Is there a setting to adjust
the brightness?

Thank you,
Shannon

The fact that you can see anything is an improvement over the A40. I
don't use the lcd for shooting, but trying to set menu items in bright
daylight is a challenge. I would like to see the menu items moved to a
separate xtal display, some cameras have this but don't know what info
is displayed. Still, the rest of the camera is great and A80 can only
be better.
Dave Cohen


I have adjusted myself to the A80, and I really like it a lot. I still
use the lcd for shooting, since it shows more than the viewfinder, but
there are times when I have to use the viewfinder, esp. in darker
situations.

I'm really having fun with the macro mode, too.

Shannon

Dave Cohen wrote in
:

Shannon wrote:
I have a new Canon A80 and I'm just getting used to it. I have
noticed that the LCD seems a little dark when I'm in outdoor shade,
or low light indoors. For instance, I was at a low lighted train
museum taking indoor pictures, and in some instances I couldn't see
the object in the LCD, and in another instance, I was in the outdoor
5 pm shade taking a picture of a nearby object, and I could barely
see the object. In both cases, the pictures turned out brighter than
they appeared in the LCD.

A friend has a Sony DSCP-71, and he tried taking the same pictures at
the same time, and they showed up normal brightness in his LCD and
brighter when taken.

We both used all auto settings. His camera has an adjustment for LCD
brightness, and he has it set to normal.

I did a google and did find others asking about the A80 and dark LCD,
but no one replied. Is this normal? Is there a setting to adjust
the brightness?

Thank you,
Shannon

The fact that you can see anything is an improvement over the A40. I
don't use the lcd for shooting, but trying to set menu items in bright
daylight is a challenge. I would like to see the menu items moved to a
separate xtal display, some cameras have this but don't know what info
is displayed. Still, the rest of the camera is great and A80 can only
be better.
Dave Cohen


I have adjusted myself to the A80, and I really like it a lot. I still
use the lcd for shooting, since it shows more than the viewfinder, but
there are times when I have to use the viewfinder, esp. in darker
situations.

I'm really having fun with the macro mode, too.

Shannon

Dave Cohen wrote in
:

Shannon wrote:
I have a new Canon A80 and I'm just getting used to it. I have
noticed that the LCD seems a little dark when I'm in outdoor shade,
or low light indoors. For instance, I was at a low lighted train
museum taking indoor pictures, and in some instances I couldn't see
the object in the LCD, and in another instance, I was in the outdoor
5 pm shade taking a picture of a nearby object, and I could barely
see the object. In both cases, the pictures turned out brighter than
they appeared in the LCD.

A friend has a Sony DSCP-71, and he tried taking the same pictures at
the same time, and they showed up normal brightness in his LCD and
brighter when taken.

We both used all auto settings. His camera has an adjustment for LCD
brightness, and he has it set to normal.

I did a google and did find others asking about the A80 and dark LCD,
but no one replied. Is this normal? Is there a setting to adjust
the brightness?

Thank you,
Shannon

The fact that you can see anything is an improvement over the A40. I
don't use the lcd for shooting, but trying to set menu items in bright
daylight is a challenge. I would like to see the menu items moved to a
separate xtal display, some cameras have this but don't know what info
is displayed. Still, the rest of the camera is great and A80 can only
be better.
Dave Cohen


I have adjusted myself to the A80, and I really like it a lot. I still
use the lcd for shooting, since it shows more than the viewfinder, but
there are times when I have to use the viewfinder, esp. in darker
situations.

I'm really having fun with the macro mode, too.

Shannon