For Digital Still/Video camera owners

belashti · Oct 11, 2005

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/10/10/2235206.shtml?

An anonymous reader writes "In the past week, four major camera makers have quietly published service advisories admitting their digital cameras are dying. In each case, the flaw appears to involve Sony CCD sensors using epoxy packaging that eventually lets in moisture. Sony's own cameras are among those affected, and the company also has dozens of affected camcorder models. Sony is believed to be picking up the tab for the repairs for the other camera makers as well, regardless of warranty status. (If true, a laudable approach.) Given the large numbers of cameras that are potentially involved, this can't be good news for Sony, who apparently already is expecting losses, and who has also recently announced major layoffs."
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Links:

Canon
Fuji
Konica/Minolta
Sony

DavidGP · Oct 11, 2005

Nice heads up, for those who may experience this issue.

lb4norleans · Oct 11, 2005

O.K. so where's the information for the USA???

DavidGP · Oct 12, 2005

lb4norleans said:

O.K. so where's the information for the USA???
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If you are experiencing the issue that the artical covers, contact your countries support for whichever manufacturer of camera you have to see if that particular model is affected, they will advise, there are links to the USA sites and advisories if you continue reading the full thread.

Can't come up with any · Oct 17, 2005

O.K. so where's the information for the USA???
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The Canon announcement is only for Asia and it only offers to fix the camera if and when it starts showing symptoms of the problems.
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Isn't that a kick in the a$$

Can't come up with any · Oct 17, 2005

Found this that might be usefull.

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/co...Act&keycode=2112&fcategoryid=221&modelid=8774

I chose this one because I own the A60.

belashti · Oct 22, 2005

So far, I've noticed that the American Sony and Canon support websites have info about these problems. You just have to navigate to the problomatic product support page. I have not checked on the other companies (Minolta/Konica and Fuji).

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