Why is canonS3IS screen blank

Please clarify your problem so someone can help you.


1. Does the camera power up? It has good batteries and the Status Indicator LED lights up showing that the camera has adequate battery power?

2. Is the screen blank when playing back previously taken photos also, just during recording, or all the time?

3. Can you see the camera menu's ok but not the live view of the subject.. or is everything blank?

4. Are you quite familiar with the menu's and most aspects of this camera model and you're sure all the settings are correct?

Please provide more detail.
In the meantime check the basics such as:

1. Press the display button on the back while the camera is on. This toggles the display setting between various settings such as Off/ On / Info. The screen may be switched off.

2, Check that the monitor brightness setting is set to medium at least in the menu's.

3. If the problem is only affecting recording then check that the main record settings are correct for the type of scene. For example don't use Beach, Snow, Candle or manual with a super high shutter speed while taking regular daylight shots.

2nd example .....If you set the shutter speed really high such as 1/1000 second while using indoor lighting the shots will be very dark.

4. If the LCD display has a hardware issue you could connect the camera to a TV using the video output jack and look at it that way. Then you'll know if the built-in LCD is ok or not.

5. Having a damaged or stuck video output jack WOULD cause this problem also,, since that circuitry is designed to automatically shut off the built-in LCD display when you connect a video cord to it. So leaving a cord plugged in to the video jack would shut off the display.