topic Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Nansku — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:27:35 GMT

My camera’s colors of pictures look weird, when I watch them on the LCD screen.

When I download pictures to my computer, pictures look fine. Otherwise camera is working well. Has anyone had this kind of problem before? Can you give me any hint or tip how I solve this problem.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Waddizzle — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:52:06 GMT

What type of camera? What's weird about the colors? I see mostly a pink flower and grreen leaves.

Most cameras have a brightness setting for the LCD displays.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

kvbarkley — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:46:12 GMT

It looks posterized.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Nansku — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:56:18 GMT

This camera is old one, Canon EOS 450D. But I want to fix it.

Picture looks like posterized but it is not. Here is the new photo.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Waddizzle — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:10:16 GMT

Posterized, as in reduced number of colors? Eh, maybe your LCD could be failing. Probably not worth repairing, though.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

kvbarkley — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:10:45 GMT

Still looks posterized. Have you tried resetting the camera?

It really looks like dodgy JPEG artifacts, that I would not expect with fine-medium. Have you tried fine large?

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Nansku — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:11:54 GMT

Yes, first I reset the camera and tried large-fine also.

I found one old message thread from internet, where was a same problem. Camera was Canon EOS 5D. He opened back of the camera. When he had pressed the ribbon cable against the LCD he saw a posterized picture. So the cable may press the LCD. I also think about opening back of the camera and try that. I do not how that cable can touch the LCD and why now because camera worked so well before this problem.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Waddizzle — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:23:58 GMT

@Nansku wrote:
Yes, first I reset the camera and tried large-fine also.

I found one old message thread from internet, where was a same problem. Camera was Canon EOS 5D. He opened back of the camera. When he had pressed the ribbon cable against the LCD he saw a posterized picture. So the cable may press the LCD. I also think about opening back of the camera and try that. I do not how that cable can touch the LCD and why now because camera worked so well before this problem.

Unless you have been factory trained, opening up your camera is highly inadvisable. Don't rely on web videos to show you how.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

lly3988 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 01:54:15 GMT

If you are handy and can take the risk of losing this very old camera, and you can't find a Canon repair center to repair it or find some local camera repair shops to do it for you, you may consider to DIY repair it youself.

Check out a previous post here :

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS/Weird-polarized-view-on-older-Canon-DSLR-EOS-5D-DIY-sharing/m-p/161376/highlight/true#M16882

Of course, a poor contact of flex cable may not be the only problem. It could be other electronic problems. But, "why not" if you have very little to lose.

If you can bear the polarizing effect play back on the screen which will not affect the image quality of the pictures taken, please forget about it and keep on shooting with it until you upgrade to a newer camera.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

TTMartin — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 01:54:53 GMT

@Nansku wrote:
My camera’s colors of pictures look weird, when I watch them on the LCD screen.

When I download pictures to my computer, pictures look fine. Otherwise camera is working well. Has anyone had this kind of problem before? Can you give me any hint or tip how I solve this problem.

Make sure your camera's 'Picture Style' is set to 'Standard'.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

ledper — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:32:02 GMT

Hi!... I have the exact same problem on my 70 d... did you manage to solve it?... or at least find out what was causing the problem?

in my case was the issue was sporadic... sometimes the screen was fine and in the middle of a shooting starts to get "posterized" and later was ok again.... now it got stuck on "posterized" for a few days =(

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

backwoodsbelle — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:40:55 GMT

This just happened to me also with my Canon 70D. Sent to cannon for repair, and it's a $400 repair. Trying to decide what to do now....

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

TTMartin — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:35:17 GMT

Be sure you are not wearing polarized glasses.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

TTMartin — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:38:13 GMT

Also, if you have 'blinkies' on be sure you don't have positive exposure compensation dialed in.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

ledper — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:07:26 GMT

in my case is not a setup issue, or polarized glases haha... is definitely something broken inside... I sent it to repair a month ago ( $300 repair for replacing the screen) and just recived a call from the shop telling me that they replaced the screen but the issue is still there, and it's a motherboard issue and there is no repair o_O and they don't replace the board... (here in Montevideo, Uruguay)... so... I'll try sending the camera to another shop

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

backwoodsbelle — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 22:15:36 GMT

I don't even own polarized glasses. Canon said I need a new LCD screen. I'm so tired of people assuming people don't know how to work their cameras, I've been shooting with this camera for 3 years, been operating a camera for about 8. I know what I'm doing when it comes to cameras but this camera was terrible quality for the cost.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

RobertTheFat — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:38:19 GMT

@backwoodsbelle wrote:
I don't even own polarized glasses. Canon said I need a new LCD screen. I'm so tired of people assuming people don't know how to work their cameras, I've been shooting with this camera for 3 years, been operating a camera for about 8. I know what I'm doing when it comes to cameras but this camera was terrible quality for the cost.

You're quite right, and I'll take it upon myself to apologize on behalf of the group. All you did was throw out a useless offhand remark, and we unthinkingly assumed that you were actually looking for help. In our defense, I'll point out that many of the people who join the forum actually are looking for help, so it was an innocent mistake. Also note that at least one other person had the same problem. So when Tom mentioned polarized glasses as a possible contributor, he wasn't necessarily aiming the suggestion only at you, leaving you free to ignore it without further comment.

Re: Canon EOS, weird colors of LCD screen

Benminci — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:03:54 GMT

I know this is an old post, but I just purchased a 5D with this issue and fixed it myself. All I did was open the back of the camera, which is a matter of undoing 6 screws. I unplugged both flat wires that connect the LCD to the camera, and plugged them back in. This fixed the issue completely.