My Vivitar 5386

The screen has just gone completely black..nothing through the lens screen at all...shutter works fine..lens has been cleaned numerous times, I checked all the settings and system settings, eveything is doing nothing basically..it'll even take a black pic..what could this possibly be?

Anonymous May 25, 2009

I have a black screen with just the settings on it. I've taken a pic but it reads black. It was working fine until I downloaded pics to my pc. The next time I turned it on I got the black screen.

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Have u checked battery? and otherwise i duno

Posted on Aug 27, 2007

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