When i take a picture half the frame is black and half there is the image

Try with fewer images. If it works, you may have too many images for the device. Contact the store or vendor where you purchased it.

Hi, Not sure if it's the same problem but mine (same make but different model) also does that if the size of the JPG images are bigger than 4 megapixels. I have to resize the images using the batch function of Coral paintshop photo pro X3 to bring the images to 4 magapixels or below.

The EOS 50d Mark II is what's known as a "full-frame" camera. Its image sensor is the same size as a frame of 35mm film. The Sigma DC lens is intended for cameras with smaller sensors. The lens is compatible in that it will work with the camera to take pictures, but the pictures are cropped due to the smaller imaging area of the lens.

In order to use the full image sensor area you need to use full-frame lenses. In the case of Sigma, this means lenses without the DC designation.

could be shutter unit or sub mirror lock of mirror unit damage that why you getting half black picture

try add repoint your antenna

Can you describe the 'box'? Is it the top half, bottom half, a little of either? What kind of TV do you have?

I suspect you might be noticing the aspect ratio of the various source programs being presented differently on a wide screen than you are used to. DVD programs come in a variety of aspect ratios. Normal TV is 4x3, that is, 4 units wide versus 3 units tall. Wide screens are more like 16x9, so a 4x3 image presented properly on a wide sceen would have black vertical bars on both sides. That is normal.

Some people are offended by the black bars and TV's are unfortunately designed to allow gross modification of the image to fill the space. That is akin to taking a photo of yourself and stretching it to fit an improper frame. That probably wouldn't be very flattering to you and certainly wouldn't be accurate. Which is more important - the picture or the frame?

Go to "Picture Boost" option in the "OSD window". Then turn on the "Bright Frame" option and after that make the "Frame Size" to 100. That's it now you can get a perfect sharp image...it worked for me.

The nature of 16:9 basically means that you will be losing photo information in normally framed 4x5/5x7 photos. There is no way to fix this because the frame size of 16:9 is wider than 4x5/5x7. The options the frame offers are the only options to make your photos fit. Either crop, or distort.

The best solution is to keep this in mind when taking photos from now on and assume you will be cropping the top and bottom of the image.

As for the photos you have already taken, the only viable tactic to take is to reframe them for 16:9 yourself. You can download a free photo editing application like "GIMP" to do this. Create a new project that is 800x450 pixels. This will give you a 16:9 canvas. Next drag your existing photos into this canvas and move it around and resize it until you find a suitable framing for your picture.

Unfortunately it seems that as 16:9 solidifies itself as the new screen standard people are finding that shooting photos framed for 4:3 or in portrait dimensions are not translating well to this new standard. You may even want to consider returning this frame and looking for a 4:3 aspect ratio frame if cropping/resizing is not acceptable for you. Good luck!

Go into photo mode and press the right hand button on the top of the frame. That should put you in full screen mode.

It can be a variety of problems, unfortunately. The images may just be truncated from the get go. Make sure all the extensions are lowercase .jpg. If they are not, OPEN them in a program, save as .jpg, close and reload them.

Make sure they are .jpg and not .jpeg

Do not try to just change the extension, this corrupts the image.

Also, check the size and make sure they are not too large.
For the digital picture frames, a 5x7 at 72 dpi is plenty big. Just make sure not to override the originals with the compressed images.

Then, check the name of the pictures. Remove any spaces, dashes or any other symbols. Strictly use letters.

When all else fails, delete all the images from the frame and reload them again.

How are you loading the images on the frame?
From a card, or directly from the computer?
If from a card, make sure to eject it from the computer first, don't just pull it from the reader. This can really messes it up and the images. Same goes with the frame itself.

Hope this helped.