I am very much a beginner at this sort of thing and I really hope to get some help here. I purchased this camera 10 months ago just before going on a major holiday to Europe. While in Europe, we took over 5 hours of footage in mostly bright sunny days. It worked like a charm. A couple of months ago, I took the camera out again to tape something outside and now I'm finding that the LCD screen is so dark - I can barely see what I'm taping. Inside, it seems to work fine but as soon as I step outside the house, the screen goes almost black. I've taken it back to the Sony store and they sent it to a repair photo shop and after 3 weeks, it was returned with no problems found! No one seems to be taking my case seriously and I'm still without a camera that I can use outside. Has anyone heard of this before? I would appreciate any help whatsoever.