7D LCD Display problem

I bought my 7D in December but over the last few weeks the screen occasionally goes blank. Pressing the buttons, such as menu, produces nothing. However, I can still take pics.

Taking out the batteries from the grip and re-inserting worked on one occasion. On the other occasions the display sprang to life after a few minutes.

Anybody else have similar problems?

When (if) I get mine, and it does that, back it will go. It cost too much money to put up with that kind of glitch.

i've not experienced this problem myself.

Is this the first Canon DLSR you have owned? Sounds like to me it is just the auto power off feature... check page 44 of your manual (part of the "Before You Start" section of the manual)

This is a year and a half old thread, but...

You are aware that the Image Review time can be set to 2, 4 or 8 seconds, or to "Hold", or "Off" to not review at all (which is what I use... I just press the review button to look an image... actually it's histogram more often)? It's fifth item down from the top, in the first camera setup tab (red) of the menu. Once the camera is back in the "ready to shoot" mode, the rear LCD screen won't come back on until you press the image review button again, or for a short duration right after taking a shot (unless you set Review Time to "Off", like me, in which case it won't come on without pressing the review button).

Also, as someone already mentioned, you can set Auto Power Off to short durations... That might be what's happening... 1 minute, 2 minutes, etc. This is to conserve battery charge and the camera wakes back up with a half press on the shutter release button (or press just about any other button). So long as you are using it, it will remain awake. If you let it sit fo the set amount of time, it will go into sleep mode. It's the first item under the first yellow tab.

Eddiston wrote in post #9915614
I bought my 7D in December but over the last few weeks the screen occasionally goes blank. Pressing the buttons, such as menu, produces nothing. However, I can still take pics.

Taking out the batteries from the grip and re-inserting worked on one occasion. On the other occasions the display sprang to life after a few minutes.

Anybody else have similar problems?

I am having the same issue. The main time it seems to happen is when I am shooting video which makes it even more of an issue since you can't view what you are shooting. I have shut it down and turned it back on, as well as taken the battery out. The thing is, it doesn't always fix the issue. I was wondering if anyone else found a solution especially since this is an old thread. I'm guessing it is an overheating issue with the LCD screen.

And yes, I am aware of the image review blah blah blah. It happens in the middle of shooting video, and while going through the menus. Plus it shows distortion on the screen.

Lorfious did you remove both Batteries ?

And to the OP if you are still around and have the problen will it happen with the Grip on ?

David

To me that isn't a fix, it's a bandaid.

reflash the firmware with the latest version