Canon 10D LCD Monitor Brightness

[rlcphoto]

Has anyone noticed that their 10D LCD seems to be very bright? We have 2 Canon 10D's, the first one was purchased about 2 weeks after there introduction. It works fine but compared to our Canon D30 the LCD is overly bright. We have it turned down to the lowest setting and it still seems to be brighter then the D30. On the second 10D which we got just 3 days ago, it's LCD Monitor is almost identical to the D30's. When you put the 2 10D's side by side with the same image, on them and the same screen brightness. (Factory Default - Center setting on the brightness scale) the older one is much brighter. Also, there is a difference in the screen color. The older one is much colder in color and the newer one is warmer in color. Both cameras are set identically 100%. I don't have serial numbers in front of me but the older one does have the lower serial number so it is probably one of the origionals. Images out of both cameras are identical when brought in on the computer. Their meters when set identical are dead on, just the older one has a brighter LCD. I would be grateful to know if other have been having the same symptoms. I haven't decided if I am going to send it back to Canon or not as of yet, I need more feedback. Thanks.

[justme_dc]

I have no basis for comparison as I only hve the one 10D but I personally think the lcd is too bright even on the lowest setting. But that is just my .02¢

[spark]

I tried comparing it with the D60, which the 10D requires 1 step lowering to go in par with the brightness.

[hurry]

LCD brightness decreases with time. After 1000 hours it's half as bright.

Your D30 is older, the display darker then that of a new 10D.

[sanford]

Lets keep this one going. I thought I was the only one w/ a bright LCD. My two month old D60’s LCD (when I sold it) was right on from the get go. It was really helpful even on film shoot, I used it as a quick Polaroid to help build lighting.
I now only use the histogram to judge exposure but I would love to go back to utilizing the LCD as a real tool.

[rlcphoto]

Yes I would agree with the D30 Comparison, but the comparison is mainly between two (2) brand new Canon 10D's purchased 5 weeks apart. The oldest one is off color and a whole lot brighter then the newer one that has much more realistic display. Also, one of our local 1 hour studios has 6 of them and they have the same problem. If you go by the Monitor and make the image pleasent to view. It comes in on the computer very dark. If you shot the image by what the meter says the image is normally right on. This is in any meter mode. Both 10D's when shot side by side of the same image has identical histagrams. But the older one looks totally washed out on the LCD Monitor.

I hope this clears things up a little.

[siwatkins]

Hi,

Just discoverd this forum, and registered because this post caught my eye.

I'm on my second 10D - first serial 0130xxxx, early one, and second 0430xxxx. The first had an LCD that was completely non-representative of the captured scene - it was way too bright compared with the captured image. Second one has an LCD that is much better in comparison - images that appear dark on the LCD are dark in practice and vice versa.

So, I concur with the original poster - looks like there may have been an internal revision to either adjust the gamma of the LCD, or perhaps a revised LCD has been put in there.

Simon