Not in the instruction book

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I have a Fuji X20 compact which I carry when I am riding my motorcycle but when I was getting things ready to go out today, the Lithium Ion battery was flat - Dead like a parrot. The viewfinder was misty, almost blurred and no amount of focussing the finder made any improvement. I changed the batter for a fully charged one and all was clear again.
I know some Nikon AF film cameras and all Digital SLR's with flat batteries have a dark screen, but I never thought it would affect a direct vision finder.

I have checked the quite comprehensive book of destructions and can find no mention of this effect happening as a result of a flat battery. Has anyone else noticed this effect.
 
Apparently this is normal - a quick google & a thread on DPReview confirmed it.

FWIW the Nikon digital SLRs I've owned don't have a dark screen with a flat battery.
 
This is because it's not just a direct vision finder, it's a direct vision finder with an information overlay. The overlay is an LCD screen which needs power to make it transparent hence your problem when the battery is flat.
 
Ah! That explains the zoom feature when you alter the focal length on the lens.
ancient_mariner said:
Apparently this is normal - a quick google & a thread on DPReview confirmed it.

FWIW the Nikon digital SLRs I've owned don't have a dark screen with a flat battery.
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That's odd because both my D700 and D600 do. But not as dark as my F80 or F100.
 
darkroom12 said:
That's odd because both my D700 and D600 do. But not as dark as my F80 or F100.
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I have to correct myself - just checked the D70 and it DOES go dim w/o a battery. I'd thought I'd remembered both that & the D610 working as normal, but obviously I was incorrect. :P
 
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