Please take a look at the other post that includes a reply for you.
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=333547
Your post have not been deleted. This is just for an update.
To elaborate alittle from Redsun answer... if the exposure is showing 2 stop under exposed... open your appeture to 2 stop bigger or increase the length of your shutter speed will help you get the exposure reading more towards the right exposure.
you can also try to increase the appeture by 1...
saying about oil on the screen, they may just modified the LCD screen to something like a flip screen. When you wish to preview the pictures, turn the screen around and it will be auto default to the preview screen.
Anyway in SLR/DSLR, your setting can be seen through the viewfinder, so it...
Suppose we have 40D, but with the viewfinder and mirror mechanism removed.
Assuming the sensor does not get hot after constant use of live view. All other functions remains the same.
The camera is still functioning as what a DSLR is capable of. So is there still a need for the viewfinder and mirror?
Some of the prosumer cameras come with aperture, shutter speed and ISO setting.
So it will still be adequate to start with, espeically when you have a budget.
Can get EOS 30 at about 300 dollars and EOS 300 for 100 dollars. Both are body only. Try your luck posting at b/s and see if you have any replies.
Alternatively, there are also a few Nikon SLR on sales in b/s. You may wish to consider that?
Thanks for helping in ID. My brother went through the website, but was deciding between Lesser Grass Blue and Pygmy Grass Blue.
Thanks for your comments.