A570IS LCD daylight viewing

[Grandude]

Just got my new Canon A570 and it takes great pictures but the LCD screen is pretty much unusable outside with the sun shining even tho I am standing in the shade.
This forces me to use the optical finder which I prefer anyway but would like to know if perhaps my LCD screen is defective before I run out of return/warrenty options.
Indoors it is ok but not nearly as bright/clear as my Treo 650 screen which may have spoiled me.
It also is inferior to the screen on my very old Olympus D400.

Thanks for any advice,
Brian

[reppans]

Not sure, but I thought the 570 was modeled after the 710, probably using the same LCD. My 710 screen also gets washed out in the sun too. Sounds normal for a Canon in this price range.

[Grandude]

Not sure, but I thought the 570 was modeled after the 710, probably using the same LCD. My 710 screen also gets washed out in the sun too. Sounds normal for a Canon in this price range.
Thanks for the reply. Glad to hear that it is not broken. I did discover one thing though, I had not removed the plastic film covering the LCD and this made it a bit better but not great. I really am spoiled by the screen on my TREO650.

My wife wants a new camera too so I visited a local camera store and compared the Canon 540, they didn't have a 570 in stock, with the Casio that she wants and the casio does have a better LCD screen. I now have one on order in the color, bright red, that she wants. I hope she isn't disappointed. It's about the smallest camera I've seen.

Her birthday isn't till October but I'm trying to keep the economy going.:D