Display on my D3100 messed up??? Help!

[Brookeabee123]

My display on my D3100 has this weird discolorations on the screen. At first I thought my image sensor must be dirty, but the photos are fine so it is obviously the display on my camera. I have no idea where it came from or more importantly how to make it go away! Please help!!!!


Sorry for the terrible photo. Only other camera I had was my phone!

This camera spends all it's down time inside my camera bag and when in use I always wear the strap so it's never been dropped and never gotten wet so I literally have no idea what happened to it

[Tzetsin]

looks to me like maybe your mirror isn't flipping up when you switch to live mode. Does the display function normally while navigating the menus?

[Brookeabee123]

Yeah! The camera works fine and acts completely normal. The photos taken with it still look good too. To me it seems like the cover part of the display was pushed down to much and damaged the more sensitive screen below. Not sure if this is possible, and I have no clue how something like that even happened.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by Tzetsin

looks to me like maybe your mirror isn't flipping up when you switch to live mode. Does the display function normally while navigating the menus?

This isn't during Live View; it's image review. It looks like it might be an issue with the screen, tbh, but if it isn't affecting images, I wouldnt worry. You should be able to get it fixed under warranty if it's still in the first 2 years. Just make sure it isnt a result of YOU pressing or impacting the camera; the repair depot CAN check that.

[Brookeabee123]

Okay! I truthfully can't recall an incident that might have caused it to be damaged. I just bought in October so I will check with Nikon about getting it fixed! Thank you for the help it seems like it lightens up and moves more to the edges, so maybe I'll get lucky and it'll just go away over time! Haha!

[Brookeabee123]

UPDATE! It appears that the markings have faded some the only one left is the one on the upper left hand corner, but it's pretty light.

[veritasimagery]

Was your camera anywhere near a magnet? Magnets and video screens are not happy neighbors.

[ptremb3043]

What you are seeing is light leakage around the lcd panel from the back lighting bulb and some leakage is normal (most lcd displays have this phenomenon to some degree). This wont affect the operation of the camera or screen and is more noticeable in dim light situations. Some fade, some stay the same, some get worse over time.