Hi:
I've had a Sony TRV80E camcorder for just over 2 and a half years now and yesterday I turned it on to try and use it and everything was black. Before you say the len's cap was off. I can go to all the menus but the image remains decidedly on the dark side. Does anyone one have any tips or does it seem as bad as I think it might be.

Cheers,
Fav.

Exact same thing happened with my JVC MiniDV Camcorder. I thought it might be a problem with the lens mechanism inside the camera going faulty. Would like to hear a solution to this also.