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delphidb96 · 08-20-2010, 01:29 PM

Okay,

I was sitting outside this morning, reading, but my K2 was in shadow. As I sat there, the Sun rose enough that the top part of the display popped into sunlight. And when I went to do a Next-Page, the part of the display *in* the bright sunlight faded to near invisibility. When I pulled all of it back into the shade and did a Prev-Page/Next-Page, the problem disappeared. I didn't have a camera at that time, but when I went to my home office where the camera was, there was a strip of sunlight that had been filtered through Low-E dual-pane window glass. So I took a picture of the (much-reduced) effect there. As you can see from the image, there's a diagonal swath of less-black letters.

Anyone else seen this happen in sunlight? The K2 is just over 15 months old.

Derek

08-20-2010, 01:29 PM	#1
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Weird sunlight side-effect on my K2 Okay, I was sitting outside this morning, reading, but my K2 was in shadow. As I sat there, the Sun rose enough that the top part of the display popped into sunlight. And when I went to do a Next-Page, the part of the display in the bright sunlight faded to near invisibility. When I pulled all of it back into the shade and did a Prev-Page/Next-Page, the problem disappeared. I didn't have a camera at that time, but when I went to my home office where the camera was, there was a strip of sunlight that had been filtered through Low-E dual-pane window glass. So I took a picture of the (much-reduced) effect there. As you can see from the image, there's a diagonal swath of less-black letters. Anyone else seen this happen in sunlight? The K2 is just over 15 months old. Derek Attached Thumbnails