canon 70d lcd screen not working for sale

Today after noon, I have worked for two hours and turned off the camera at location. On the way home i have turned on the Camera, but back LCD stopped working. Able to boot the camera and took couple of pictures without back LCD working.

1. Turned on the Camera, Took the battery and SD card out of the camera. After 5 min, I have kept the battery and SD card into the camera and turned on: LCD not working. Able to take pictures.

Every post ought to have a learning opportunity so I am attaching a list compiled by a Canon technical advisor addressing the problem of handling photographic equipment in hot weather.

Incidentally, no matter how good it is, ‘weather sealing’ cannot prevent condensation, nor was it ever intended to do so. Damage caused by condensation is considered a user error, and it will void warranty coverage. One of the best methods to avoid condensation is to allow photo equipment to warm up gradually before exposing it to a hot environment. If this is not practical, consider placing the equipment in an airtight, resealable plastic bag with silica gel packets inside before exposing it to heat. (Don’t forget to squeeze as much air as possible out of the bag before you seal it, otherwise this technique may not work.)Using this method, the condensation will form on the bag instead of the equipment. Once the condensation on the bag has dried out, it should be safe to remove the equipment and start using it.

On a related matter, in hot and humid conditions, perspiration may cause condensation to form on your camera’s viewfinder eyepiece. Some camera manufacturers including Canon offer anti-fog eyepieces to prevent condensation from forming.

If you must leave your camera equipment exposed to high heat and/or humidity conditions for long periods of time, consider covering it with a dry white towel when it’s not in use. Even when condensation is not an issue, heat absorption is another big concern for professional cameras and lenses, and especially digital SLRs. Cameras are designed to operate within a specific range of temperature and humidity conditions. For instance, the EOS-1D Mark IV professional camera has a high-end temperature rating of 45C/113F and a humidity rating of 85% or less. Since most camera bodies are black, internal temperatures can exceed this limit even when the ambient temperature is below it.

Heat build-up caused by ambient temperatures is one problem, but the other side of the coin is heat build-up caused by the camera itself. This has become more of an issue recently with professional digital SLRs due to the incorporation of new features such as Live View and HD video recording. These features generate heat from several camera components including battery packs, image sensors and LCD screens. If you plan on using Live View or recording video outdoors in high-temperature environments with your digital SLR, there are a couple of things you can do to minimize heat build-up inside the camera:

I always have my 70D with me on short photo excursions. Its dimensions are my 2nd favorite feature about this camera. It"s small. It"s light and it" easy to handle.

The grip is about 3/4 inch deep and about 1/2 inch wide in the middle of its U-shaped area. I am 5" 10"" with average sized hands and I have plenty of finger room to grip the 70D securely.

You can shoot at higher ISOs and still get pleasing results.   More natural light portraits without flash. Not as good as the full frame pro DSLRs, but plenty good enough to keep you happy with the quality you get.

Using a touch screen was something I avoided until I got my 70D.  Maybe it was my irrational fear of change. I always wanted to use the regular knobs and buttons.

Perhaps it was a false belief that amateurs use the screen and pros use the buttons.  i am over that finally. Once you get used to it, you;ll find i[out it"s really a quicker way to work with your 70D. The best feature that relates to the Canon EOS 70D dimensions is that it feels just right. It"s a perfect fit in your hands.  That makes the whole photography experience more enjoyable.

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The long-awaited Canon 70D comes packed with a groundbreaking new technology -- Canon"s Dual Pixel CMOS AF system -- that provides on-chip phase detection autofocus at every single pixel. That means a DSLR can finally record video with full-time continuous AF that"s truly camcorder-like, with smooth racking and exceptional subject tracking. And it improves Live View AF to the point where using the LCD monitor feels almost as fast as traditional viewfinder shooting. The 70D also gets an upgrade to 20.2 megapixels of resolution, as well as compelling Wi-Fi features that include remote image capture with full exposure controls. The camera may not wow enthusiasts looking for significantly better still image quality, but the Canon 70D marks a serious step up for photographers wanting pro-level video performance and quality.

Dual Pixel CMOS AF delivers full-time continuous autofocus (with phase detect at every pixel in framing area) for video and Live View still shooting; Full HD (1080p) video recording with pro-level features and quality; Improved resolution and good high ISO performance; Excellent Wi-Fi remote shooting with full exposure controls; 3-inch articulating LCD touchscreen.

Image quality only improved slightly over 60D; Dynamic range still lags behind competing models; May not feature enough upgrades to convince people to step up from 60D.

Available since September 2013, the Canon EOS 70D is priced at around US$1,200 body-only. Two kit bundles are offered: one with the 18-55mm STM lens for US$1,350, and another with the 18-135mm STM lens for US$1,550. A dedicated 70D battery grip is also available for US$270.

The Canon 70D has been replaced by the Canon 80D, which earned our top pick for Best Intermediate DSLR in our 2016 Camera of the Year awards. The Canon 80D sports a higher-resolution 24MP sensor, a faster processor and a beefed-up 45-point AF system, as well as brings over the excellent Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology from the 70D. For all the details, read our Canon 80D review, or to see how the original 70D stacks up against the new Canon 80D, check out our side-by-side comparison here: Canon 70D vs. Canon 80D.

The Canon 70D (70D bundles and savings) may very well have started a revolution with an innovative autofocus system that"s new not only for Canon DSLRs, but also for the camera industry as a whole. Thanks to its Dual Pixel CMOS AF system, the Canon 70D -- a replacement for the three-year-old 60D -- could change the way you shoot both video and still images.

At the heart of this innovation is the Canon 70D"s image sensor, a 20.2-megapixel APS-C-type CMOS chip that"s been designed to accommodate on-chip phase detection -- but with one huge difference. To date, on-chip phase detect systems have provided but a handful of focus points scattered across the sensor"s surface. With the Canon 70D, almost two-thirds of its surface area at the center of the frame can provide phase-detect AF, and not just at a handful of locations -- we"re talking phase detect at every single pixel.

And unlike typical hybrid systems which use phase detect simply for a ballpark distance and direction to focus, then fine-tune with contrast-detect AF, the Canon 70D"s on-chip phase detect is accurate enough that tuning with contrast detection isn"t necessary. That is huge news for video capture, because it means no more hunting around the point of focus. With the AF bobble gone, full-time video becomes a much more exciting proposition, letting you quickly and smoothly guide your viewers" attention between subjects without distraction.

The new image sensor doesn"t just drive the completely new autofocus system; in addition, its resolution has been increased slightly over the Canon 60D"s. Sensor size is unchanged, but Canon has increased the active imaging area of the sensor slightly, from 22.3 x 14.9mm to 22.5 x 15.0mm. This means that, although pixel pitch has been reduced, the difference isn"t as great as you might otherwise expect. A simultaneous switch to Canon"s new DIGIC 5+ image processor further aims to tame image noise.

The net result is that, according to Canon, the 70D will produce noise levels that are roughly on par with the lower-res 60D for raw shooting. Meanwhile, the company says that JPEG shooters will see a "huge improvement" in image quality. To back up that claim, the ISO sensitivity range has been expanded to encompass everything from ISO 100 to 12,800 equivalents, with the ability to expand sensitivity as high as ISO 25,600 equivalent. Further in our review we"ll see if the camera live up to these promises.

The new image processor also yields a significant increase in burst shooting performance, which is now rated by Canon at a full seven frames per second.

Canon has gifted the EOS 70D with a new body that"s just slightly smaller, while retaining the same side-swiveling LCD monitor, and packing in several new features. These include a touch-panel overlay on the LCD monitor, built-in Wi-Fi wireless networking connectivity, a stereo microphone, and the same Live View control seen on other recent Canon SLRs. And supplementing the new on-chip phase detection system, there"s also a new dedicated autofocus sensor, identical to that used in the EOS 7D.

[Note that in some markets, a variant of the Canon EOS 70D is offered without the aforementioned Wi-Fi wireless networking connectivity. Technically, the Wi-Fi enabled variant is known as the EOS 70D (W), and the variant without Wi-Fi as the EOS 70D (N).]

The Canon EOS 70D"s design clearly shows a strong focus on video. Here, it"s compared to one of the most video-friendly mirrorless cameras, Panasonic"s Lumix DMC-GH3.

As well as all of the hardware changes, Canon has made numerous tweaks to firmware as well. These include the ability to preview creative filter effects before shooting, a new 3x to 10x variable video zoom function, the same video snapshot feature seen in recent Rebel-series cameras, and a choice of both ALL-I and IPB compression schemes for video, along with optional time code.

Walkaround. Although the Canon 70D looks a lot like its predecessor, it does feature a brand-new body design. Let"s take a look at what"s stayed the same, and what"s been changed.

Seen from the front, the Canon 70D is a little less wide than is predecessor. Otherwise, though, the basic dimensions are pretty close to those of the 60D. The arrangement of controls and features on the front of the camera is near-identical. The most significant difference is the absence of the small four-hole microphone port that, on the 60D, sat directly above the model number badge.

Seen from above, the Canon 70D likewise retains an arrangement very much like that of the 60D. As well as the two four-hole ports for the relocated microphone -- now stereo, and straddling the rear of the hot shoe -- there"s a new button between the Shutter button and front dial. This new control is used to select between autofocus area modes. The number of positions on the Mode dial has also been slashed by a third, to just 10.

It"s when you come to the rear of the camera that the changes are more significant. In fact, something of a game of musical chairs has taken place. The Menu and Info buttons have jumped from the top right corner of the LCD monitor, and now sit above its top left corner, instead. With its chair taken, the Delete button has grabbed a spot at the bottom right corner of the display.

The left-hand side of the EOS 70D (as seen from the rear) also shows a few changes. The connectivity available on this side is as it was, but the original single flap covering all of the ports has been split in two, with one half moved slightly behind the other. Microphone / wired remote terminals sit in front of and above the HDMI and combined AV Out / Digital (USB) ports. Above these, the speaker grille is now a nine-hole instead of seven-hole arrangement.

As the years go by, we see camera technology advance by fits and starts. Some developments are a bigger deal than others, but it"s rare that anything really amounts to a true technological breakthrough. However, the Canon 70D"s Dual Pixel CMOS AF system qualifies.

This new AF system is as revolutionary a development as any we can remember seeing since the dawn of the DSLR era itself. By integrating accurate, fully-capable phase-detect autofocus over a majority of the image sensor"s surface, Canon is fundamentally rewriting the book on autofocus.

The Canon 70D delivers phase-detect autofocus across an area that"s fully 80% of the height and width of the sensor, that allowsany area within that region to become a focus point, that can remain operational during video recording, and that will operate at any aperture. It"s a whole new AF ballgame, and one that"s going to shake the DSLR video business to its roots.

Sensor. The story of the Canon EOS 70D begins and ends with its 20.2 megapixel, APS-C CMOS image sensor. It"s absolutely unique, with two photodiodes sitting under a single shared microlens at each pixel location. This, as we"ve described in much more detail further up the page, allows Canon to provide for on-chip phase detection at every pixel location over almost two-thirds of the sensor"s surface area.

Processor. The Canon 70D replaces its predecessor"s DIGIC 4 image processor with a newer DIGIC 5+ variant, first seen in the EOS-1D X professional digital SLR. The new processor allows improvements both in performance, and in image quality.

When Canon announced the 5D Mark II five years ago, it took the video production world by storm. It was the first full-frame DSLR with high-definition video recording capabilities, and was offered at an extremely affordable price compared to other large-sensor video cameras at the time. It wasn"t a slim margin, either: The Canon 5D II was tens of thousands of dollars more affordable, and yet still had a larger sensor than its rivals! However, for the average video shooter or casual consumer, the 5D Mark II and other subsequent HD-DSLRs all lacked a critical feature: full-time continuous autofocus for video.

Now, the Canon 70D isn"t the first Canon DSLR with video autofocus by any means, as most of the brand"s newer models have some form of continuous Live View AF. However, the Canon 70D feels like the first DSLR that does continuous Live View AF properly. Canon"s new Dual Pixel CMOS AF is pretty amazing -- and not just for video. It works great for still photography, too, as I found out during my time putting it through its paces.

I"ve been a Canon user for a few years now and shoot both still photography and video. I started with a 7D, and a while later added a 5D Mark II to the mix. In terms of still photography, I love my 5D Mark II for landscapes and occasional events or portraits, but my 7D has been my go-to still camera for capturing anything fast and tough to shoot, such as sports and wildlife, thanks to its more advanced autofocus and higher speed continuous shooting.

So, the Canon 70D is awesome for video. But how about stills? Does the added resolution help or hinder the 70D compared to its predecessor? Do the Dual Pixel CMOS AF system"s two photodiodes sharing a single microlens at each pixel location impact still image quality? We compare Canon 70D with the Canon 60D, Canon 7D, Olympus OM-D E-M5, Pentax K-5 II and Nikon D7100 to find out how the 70D competes in still image quality. Have a look and let your eyes be the judge!

NOTE: Images are best quality JPEGs straight out of the camera, at default settings including noise reduction. All cameras in this comparison were shot with our very sharp reference lenses.

Image quality on the screen and printed output don"t always mesh. Our print quality analysis gives you a definitive answer to the question: "How large can I print my photos as I push ISO?"

The Canon 70D more than holds its own in the print quality department, delivering sharp, worthwhile images at sizes comparable to its competition all the way up the sensitivity scale. It is worth noting here that one of its primary competitors, the Nikon D7100 (70D vs D7100), does print one size larger at base ISO due in large part to higher resolution and the lack of a low pass filter, but the 70D stays in step for most of the remaining ISOs, and even bests the D7100 at ISO 25,600. The D7100 does better at resolving detail in our difficult red fabric swatch, while the 70D does a better job controlling noise in shadowy areas as ISO rises, so there"s a definite trade-off one direction or another. But for the most part these two challengers deliver comparable image quality other than the difference we mentioned at base ISO.

The Canon 70D ultimately may not have delivered what everyone wanted or expected -- a significant upgrade in still image quality over its predecessor, the 60D -- but instead it ushered in a new technology so unexpected (and useful) that there"s no way we could be disappointed. We love when a camera manufacturer surprises us with a treat like Canon"s Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology. After all, a rare, ground-breaking innovation like this doesn"t come around too often.

What"s even better is that the 70D"s full-time phase detection autofocus system for video and Live View shooting -- with PDAF at every pixel in the AF area -- more than lives up to its promise. We were thoroughly impressed by how quickly and accurately the Dual Pixel CMOS AF operated. For movies, this technology finally puts true camcorder-like performance into an HD-DSLR; it"s been a long time coming. Racking focus between near and far subjects is especially easy and smooth with the 70D"s LCD touchscreen touch-to-focus feature. And when using Live View for still shooting, the advanced autofocusing felt nearly as fast as traditional viewfinder shooting under most scenarios.

You can shoot while viewing the picture on the camera’s LCD monitor. This is called "Live View shooting". This page describes how to shoot still photos using the Live View function in default settings. Live View shooting is enabled by setting the Live View shooting/ Movie shooting switch to <

Do not point the camera toward an intense light source, such as the sun on a sunny day or an intense artificial light source. Doing so may damage the image sensor or the camera’s internal components.

*The icons and markings indicating the camera’s buttons, dials, and settings correspond to the icons and markings on the camera and on the LCD monitor.

I should also confess that while I buy a lot of cameras, I don’t really care that much about the specs. I didn’t even know how many megapixels my cameras had until I gathered the data together for this article. Whatever camera I buy next will be better, stronger, and faster than the ones I currently use; that’s all that I need to know. But the number of megapixels is one of the easiest ways for companies to market their cameras and hook you in. More is better right? Not really, actually. It probably matters very little in the end, so don’t get to caught up in the hype.

Here I have collected data on five cameras from each of the two major companies on the market – Canon and Nikon. Both companies make great tools and whichever side you choose is a good decision. Most cameras do all the same things and have all the same features, but the more you spend, the more features, speed, and durability you get. I will try to keep the technical noise to a minimum while helping you decide which camera is right for you or the person you are buying for.

For the most part, all modern cameras have similar set of features. With a few exceptions, they will have 20+ megapixels, shoot in a RAW format, have various automatic modes, record 1080p HD video, have an HD display screen on the back, shoot at least 5 frames per second continuously, have very high ISO settings, and have built-in Wi-Fi connectivity.

The biggest difference between the entry level cameras (groups 1 & 2 below) and the more elite cameras (groups 3-5 below) is the sensor – this is what gathers the light your camera turns into a photo. The lower group options have a Nikon DX or Canon APS-C sized sensor. This sensor is about 2/3rds the size of a full frame sensor. Without getting too technical, a smaller sensor means that everything else in the camera can also be smaller, and thus less expensive to produce. The last three options all have Nikon FX or Canon Full-Frame sensors, which are the same size as a piece of 35 mm film. Larger sensors mean larger technology, bigger cameras, and a higher production cost. There are pros and cons to both, but my money has always been on the full frame sensor.

Choosing a brand is a big deal, because you are probably going to stick with that brand for a very long time. There is no right or wrong answer, no company is really any better than the other at a functional and technological level – they just keep leap-frogging over each other year after year. How you choose which brand to go with is totally up to you; and is sometimes completely arbitrary. Is the price right? Does it feel good in your hands? Does the button layout seem to make sense? Do you have a friend or family member that you can trade lens and accessories with? Does one come with a free tripod or camera bag? I originally shot Nikon because that is what my dad shot with. I later switched to Canon because the newspaper I worked for was all Canon and I wanted a seamless transition between personal-work and work-work. Now my dad shoots Canon as well. Very little of our decisions had anything to do with functional or technical qualifications.

Note on pricing: These prices reflect the standard offerings from Canon or Nikon. They do not take into account any seasonal sales. The prices on Amazon will be cheaper leading up to Christmas.

This is where we start. If you are buying on a budget, going on a nice vacation and need something serviceable, or someone in your life wants to start dabbling with DSLR cameras then begin with this group. These are small, simple, light, and affordable. For casual users, this is a good fit. Don’t be afraid to buy a cheaper camera if that is what you need! The most important thing about taking quality photos is the photographer – not the camera.

Both of these cameras bring the quality up a notch. While still maintaining a small size and affordability, their features increase in quality. The Canon 70D also has some fantastic video recording upgrades, like a cinema-style auto focus and a touchscreen to aid with auto focus while recording.

These cameras are the best DSLR cameras on the market. They are big, heavy, durable, and full of the best technology that is available. They are the workhorses of the photo-world. Some of the smaller cameras might have specific features that are more refined, but these cameras are not designed to be everything to everyone, they are designed to be the best DSLR cameras for working professional photographers.

Companies like Sony, Pentax, and Sigma also make reasonably good DSLRs, but lack in product diversity, availability, accessories, etc. They aren’t better or worse, just not as proven in the DSLR field as Canon or Nikon. If they feel better in your hands, then they are the right choice for you.

Blair shot with Nikon F401, F90, F5, D1, D200, and D2H cameras for the first part of his career, but switched to Canon in 2006 and has used 5D, 5D Mk II, 5D Mk III, 1D Mk III, and 1D Mk IV cameras since then. Currently, he shoots with a paid of Canon 5D Mk IIIs and a 1D Mk IV – a 1DX and/or a 7D Mk II may be added to the family in the near future.

I"m guessing what you want the LCD screen to display while shooting stills is your camera settings. If so, I had the same problem. Turn on the 7D in shooting modes and the LCD is black. I was trying to use the "mode selection" buttons to set drive mode. With the black LCD screen, when I pressed the AF/Drive button nothing would appear on the LCD screen to enable making changes. In desparation, I reset all camera settings to default. That didn"t work. Digging deeper, I found that I could reset all "custom functions", pg. 204 in owner"s manual. That didn"t work But, aha, while fooling with that, I noticed the Canon note at the bottom of pg. 229 that says, "If you turn off the power while the "shooting settings display" screen is displayed, the same screen will be displayed when you turn on the power again. To avoid this, press the button to turn off the display on the LCD monitor, then turn off the power switch."