Red light at EVF sensor

[Reactivestills]

I have noticed that a small red light has come on at the eye sensor that was never there before.

I have high performance mode on since day one and it was never on before. Even when the camera is switched off it stays on. Turning off high performance mode it turns off in about 2 secs but comes back on after high performance mode is turned on again. This was never on when I bought the camera just under 12 months ago.

 

I have 3 days left on my warranty, should I send it in for inspection??? I have had to send the camera in for dead pixels before and if this is another fault I think I'll be selling it for good as this is unacceptable. Anyone have this issue?

[milandro]

There was another thread about this which I cannot find because the system, for some reason, doesn’t allow me to search words that are 3 or less characters ( especially unhelpful in the world filled of acronyms such as EVF LED...  )

 

The red LED was always there but you probably never noticed that it was on.

 

In order to verify this I had to go in a room with no light at all and see that it was indeed on.

 

So my LED is on but its light is VERY faint.

 

LED's stay switched ( for a LONG while) on even when you switch them off. So this is the light source that enables your camera to see when you put your eye against the EVF and switches it on or off when you no longer are looking through it (if that’s the mode that you have selected).

 

But the LED is not really “on” at least, not in the real sense of the word.

 

 

The internet is awash with threads which explain this LED feature in all sorts of applications. Relax.

[darknj]

Yes we have it and yes it's normal, no need to worry about it :]

[Reactivestills]

Sorry but I have looked at the evf in all types of light. I shoot weddings and this has never been on. I'm in my way to a store to compare xt1 models and xt10

[milandro]

It is on in my camera as described, with a faint light. If that is the case you don’t need to worry.

 

If your EVF LED eye detector is lit in a BRIGHT way, then it is another thing and that’s not normal.

 

If it is a very dim light, only visible in total darkness, this is normal.

[Reactivestills]

This is quite bright

[milandro]

if by that you mean to say that it is visible in daylight then it is probably not functioning the way it is supposed to.

 

Have you tried to fiddle around with the “ view mode” button on the right side of the “ pentaprism” ( the hump of the camera)?

[Reactivestills]

I've switched it through 3 modes, turned off HP, switched off geotagging . It turns off eventually if camera is turned off but it's never been there before for sure.

[milandro]

the level of brightness is the only thing that might be different in our cameras , mine, as a said, is so dimly lit that I can only see it total darkness.

 

But LED lights have a tendency to stay on even after being switched off.

 

This happens with fluorescent lights too.

 

LED lights eventually do stop showing this freak effect but it might take hours or even days.

 

The other possibility is that electricity leaks from the camera to the LED.

 

Does this happen also with the battery taken out?

 

If that is the case we are not talking of electricity leaking but it is residual electricity which gets stored somehow in the circuitry and only very slowly dies out.

[Reactivestills]

Checked in store with another body, it's on there as well but dimmer. It does turn off after removing the battery alright. Ah well.

[milandro]

As I told you, it is normal.

 

If it is on if the battery is removed it means that the LED glows of residual energy but isn’t sucking it from the the battery, like the afterglow of a fluorescent lamp

[Reactivestills]

Cheers guys, thanks for the info and quick replies!