New FZ20 - Problem!

[pclarke]

Hi,

I have just purchased an FZ20 and on the whole I am pleased with it. However, on the LCD there is what appears to be a white pixel that is always present. I know there is a disclaimer regarding dead pixels in the manual but how common is this? Does anyone else have similar pixels on their LCD.?

I would appreciate your feed back.

Thanks

Pclarke

[PixChick]

Hi,

I have just purchased an FZ20 and on the whole I am pleased with it. However, on the LCD there is what appears to be a white pixel that is always present. I know there is a disclaimer regarding dead pixels in the manual but how common is this? Does anyone else have similar pixels on their LCD.?

I would appreciate your feed back.

Thanks

Pclarke

well, i don't have that issue with mine, but i would be more concerned if it was on my pictures than on my lcd

[slitman]

Are you referring to the Highlight feature? I believe my came with it set to the default of ON.


Hi,

I have just purchased an FZ20 and on the whole I am pleased with it. However, on the LCD there is what appears to be a white pixel that is always present. I know there is a disclaimer regarding dead pixels in the manual but how common is this? Does anyone else have similar pixels on their LCD.?

I would appreciate your feed back.

Thanks

Pclarke

[judge9847]

Hi, I have just purchased an FZ20 and on the whole I am pleased with it. However, on the LCD there is what appears to be a white pixel that is always present. I know there is a disclaimer regarding dead pixels in the manual but how common is this? Does anyone else have similar pixels on their LCD.? I would appreciate your feed back. Thanks Pclarke
What you're seeing isn't a "dead" pixel. A "dead pixel" is black and quite frankly, you're unlikely to notice one amongst the thousands and thousands there are on a small LCD screen.

A dead pixel on an LCD monitor is one that remains unlit, or black, when it should be activated and displaying a colour. Each pixel on an LCD screen is made from three separate subpixels—one red, one green and one blue—that when combined form the colours that the users see on the monitor. A dead pixel occurs when the transistor that activates the amount of light that shows through all three subpixels malfunctions and results in a permanently black pixel. I'm grateful to Webopaedia for the succinct definition!!

Neither is it a "stuck pixel" because, from my understanding at least, they only manifest themselves in the final image, not on the LCD screen. But I'm not 100% sure and I'm happy to be corrected about that. I believe that a stuck pixel is one that always reads high or is always on to maximum on all exposures. And it's always white.

I don't know what it is you're seeing. Is it just one small, white pixel that shows contiuously on the LCD? Try this to see: keeping the lens cap on and turn the displayed information off completely so that NOTHING is showing on the LCD. Is the white spot still there? If so, I'd suggest it's a problem with the LCD. If not, it's got to be something to do with what data/information is displayed on the LCD screen.

So, starting with the totally blank LCD, cycle through all the display options and look and see when it starts. That might give you a clue. (I have an FZ10 so I can't be sure that what that camera does is identical to an FZ20 in that respect.) When (and if!) you see it appear, that's the "function" that's giving you grief.

Unless it's part of what is normally displayed by the camera, and you feel it gets in your way, take the camera back to where you bought it from.

[dr3amz]

er - dead pixels can be WHITE or black.

if an LCD display has a WHITE or BLACK pixel - that is generally considered a production fault and is returnable under warranty.

if an LCD display has a COLOURED dead pixels - then its a different kettle of fish.

depending on the size of the LCD - you are allowed so many `dead pixels` (coloured) if they are clustered together, then you should be able to claim a defect with the product.

[pwiles1968]

Take it back to the shop see what they say, if they are any good they will tell you where you stand.

[judge9847]

er - dead pixels can be WHITE or black.

if an LCD display has a WHITE or BLACK pixel - that is generally considered a production fault and is returnable under warranty.

if an LCD display has a COLOURED dead pixels - then its a different kettle of fish.

depending on the size of the LCD - you are allowed so many `dead pixels` (coloured) if they are clustered together, then you should be able to claim a defect with the product.
Odd. My understanding is (was?) that a "dead" or "missing" pixel is one where nothing (so no R, G or B) is illuminated and therefore shows black on an all-white background. I still can't quite figure how a "dead" pixel would show anything else other than black - but then you do live and learn of course.

And as far as I knew, what you've described as "coloured dead pixels" are in fact generally referred to as "lit" pixels which come about when a (controlling) transistor shorts on and results in a permanently "turned-on" (red, green or blue) pixel.

But as I say, you do live and learn ...