To all of you who have answered my query regarding my upcoming trip to Maine to shoot lighthouses, my sincere THANK YOU for your thoughtful input. I have made a file in which I'm collecting info for planning my trip. Great ideas and input from all of you.

Thanks Bob.

Steven, that's great advice for a mosquito hater.

Good suggestions. Especially the lobster rolls.

I think a helicopter is a little rich for me. A great idea though.

Thank you Dave. Was in that area in 1964 and again in 1994. Beautiful country.

Great information. Thanx............... (purposely misspelled)

Great information. Thanx............... (purposely misspelled)

Thank you Jerry. I plan on early morning shooting. It's lonely because my bride(of 54 years) does not like to go with me that early.

I am planning a trip to Maine for August. I'm specifically interested in photographing lighthouses. Will fly into Portland and will have a week to spend there. Do any of you have advice for picturesque opportunities? A caveat, we are in our mid to late 70's, but without limitations except for stamina.
Years ago, 1964, I took shots of East Quoddy Point light and Bass Harbor light. Several years ago, I took out the old slides from 1964, massaged them with Photoshop Elements and have them in our home office. Thinking of adding to them.

Figured out a solution. Maybe, I thought, if I can reset to Sony's factory settings, that will re-boot it. That's what I did and it solved the problem. My thanks to all who replied.

Thank you Jerry. I have found several Sony forums but no luck with a solution yet.

Thank you for your reply. That sounds pretty inconvenient. I can't see a thing through the dark part of the screen in low light. I'll need to have it fixed. Hope to be shooting New England lighthouses next spring. Will be shooting at sunrise and sunset.

Thank you. I will review each of those links to see if one contains a solution.

I know many of you are professionals in photography so I'm hoping you can solve this dilemma. My camera is a Sony A65. I haven't used the camera for about two months and when I took it out of the bag today, I found a stripe running horizontally across the LCD and across the viewfinder. The stripe does not show up in Auto mode, but shows up in aperture mode and all others except auto. When I press the Dept of Field button, the stripe disappears, but returns when I release the DOF button. The stripe does not appear in the photos I take.
I have photographed the LCD screen with my point and shoot and have attached the photos here. Hopefully I won't have to send the camera for repair. I had to do that once with my A300 and it was expensive$$$$$.
Thanks for any advice.

In Auto mode


In aperture priority mode