7D Viewfinder question for those with camera at hand

Inside the 7D viewfinder where the green LED batter icon is displayed, does your icon show a complete outline of the battery? Or, is there a small gap on the lower left of the icon just below center? I'm trying to determine if mine has a burnt out LED segment there, or if the gap in the icon outline is normal.

Thanks,

Small gap exactly in the same spot as it is on the top LCD.

int2str wrote in post #8729980
Small gap exactly in the same spot as it is on the top LCD.

Thank you, just noticed the top one after you mentioned it too.

Small gap - exactly like on p19 of the manual.

That's for the wiring to the segments inside the icon.

Now the question is .... why is that. They spent millions to design a sophisticated camera, and we spent our hard-earned $$$ to buy it. And this is not a manufacturing error. Interesting.

JCL wrote in post #8732945
Now the question is .... why is that. They spent millions to design a sophisticated camera, and we spent our hard-earned $$$ to buy it. And this is not a manufacturing error. Interesting.

I guess they could'nt imagine that anyone would ever care

BugEyes wrote in post #8733034
I guess they could'nt imagine that anyone would ever care

Exactly what I was thinking...

Do you mean why there is wiring to the LCD segments inside the battery icon? Well, if there was not, these segments wouldn't be too useful.
This is something typical for all LCD screens. You integrate visible and invisible wiring on the same plane. Hence you need some openings in the visible parts, if you have something controlled separately inside them. There has to be a small opening between the segments of a 7-segment digit, for example, or you can't turn the center bar on.

If you look at the top display of a 40D, for example, you'll see that there's something else, since the image quality icons are completely enclosed by a frame. There's not a single opening in that frame. But turn the camera off and the trick becomes visible immediately, since you can then see that the frame is printed, not a part of the LCD itself.