HPX500 LCD problems

[Nate Stephens]

There is a toggle switch at the front left side. It needs to be toggled off. It is a save button.. When on it saves battery juice or LCD or something..

I keep toggling it (or the crew does) when we put away the camera, so when we get it out of the case and go to shoot, we are always scrambling to remember the magic button

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[John Fishback]

I think that Save button only affects the LCD screen on the side of the 500. The other things I’d check are that the cable to the viewfinder is securely connected to the camera. Also jiggle the cable and see if that affects the viewfinder. There are 5 controls on the front that adjust brightness etc. Turn them all back and forth a couple of times. Although your camera can’t be more than 2 years-old, perhaps one of those controls is dirty and causing the problem.

John

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[Sam Lesante jr.]

Thanks Nate and John,

The “save” function was the culprit.

All these days of looking into the black and white viewfinder. It was so 2007 🙂