greenriver Posted March 2, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am a new D lux 4 user. Just get the lovely camera for less than 48 hours. I've never found the problems on any of my other cameras:confused:--when the camera is facing good lighting (not even bright, just sufficient lighting) environments, there are areas of vertical pinkish lines and pinkish "highlights" cover the LCD. The pinkish does change when the environment and objects change. The are not fixed. When I turn the LCD to be black and white, the lines becomes white lines. I found the pinkish lines and highlights get better if I set the camera on automatic mode. When I use M and A mode, the LCD looks pretty bad with all these pinkish or white lines and strips. Can you please let me know if you are experiencing the same? I have to decide whether I need to contact the dealer for an exchange if this is a problem. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ho_co Posted March 2, 2009 Share #2 Posted March 2, 2009 Green--Welcome to the forum! What you describe doesn't sound right, but I'm not sure I understand completely. A very bright light can cause a very bright vertical stripe over the LCD screen. I don't know why, but it happens. The manual says it's normal, and it doesn't occur on the image. Do you have any color effects dialed in? Do the pinkish stripes go another color if you dial in greater or less saturation, or other effects? You said they go white when you set to black-and-white, so I guess we're not likely to discover something more here. You don't have any of the "Scene" modes set, do you? (For example, "Portrait" is supposed to blur anything that the camera thinks is flesh-tone.) Do the stripes appear on the images? Is there a difference between JPG and RWL in this case? Do you have another camera with which you could take a picture of the messed-up LCD and post it here? Probably all the questions I've asked are beside the point, since from your description, it sounds like a defective camera. I hope someone else will poke his/her head in with better ideas. Despite the fact that the D-Lux 4 is basically a pick-it-up-and-use-it camera, I still discover at times that something I thought I had turned off is still at work. But I haven't seen anything like what you describe. As I said, welcome to the Forum; sorry it comes on an apparent malfunction! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenriver Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted March 2, 2009 Thank you Ho_co. I will get a picture of it and post tomorrow when there's sunlights. Sorry about my Asian-English...basically the problems are only on the screen. Picture are fine. I have never seen any of my digital cameras (I have owned 8 digital cameras so far) showing vertical lines, strips and areas in pink in color mode or white in b&w mode. I almost only use M and A mode on D Lux 4. Hope what I had is a good camera and I don't have to go through troubles. Thanks again for helping! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo035 Posted March 2, 2009 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2009 on page 79 of the (English language) Instruction Book supplied with the Camera, LCD Monitor (aka screen) flickering where there is fluorescent lighting, and black, red, blue and green spots are both described as normal. Hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkolluri Posted March 2, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 2, 2009 I have the same "issue" with my DL4. Doesn't effect my photos. Any bright light source causes these "streaks" of various colors Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryantolentino Posted February 20, 2012 Share #6 Posted February 20, 2012 so i just got a new d-lux 4, and experienced the same situation on the beach while taking stills. just confirming that the "pinkish/purple-ish" banding is normal, doesn't appear on final pictures, just on lcd screen during composition. it's annoying and doesn't reflect well on leica's reputation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted February 20, 2012 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) it's annoying and doesn't reflect well on leica's reputation. Leica isn’t to blame – and I’m not even referring to the fact that they didn’t build the camera. The ‘smearing’ (which is the technical term for the phenomenon you’ve observed) is typical for interline-transfer CCDs; it is inherent in their design. You cannot put the blame on Panasonic either since other manufacturer’s CCDs with similarly small pixels aren’t any less susceptible to smearing. There isn’t anything one could do about it, except by using CMOS sensors instead (as in the V-Lux models). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryantolentino Posted March 3, 2012 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2012 is typical for interline-transfer CCDs; it is inherent in their design. You cannot put the blame on Panasonic either since other manufacturer’s CCDs with similarly small pixels aren’t any less susceptible to smearing. I have a older Canon SD1000 and it has a CCD sensor. I never experienced any banding problems on the display or pictures. Can you explain why? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthornbury Posted March 5, 2012 Share #9 Posted March 5, 2012 Hi, I have the similar with my V-Lux20 and D2. Only in strong sunlight and not affecting image. This seems to be normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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