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Bad SSD sensors
Apparently a number of camera manufacturers are having problems with their CCD
Sensors. Canon just replaced my SD 100 at no cost - in fact replaced it with an SD 550!! I have a friend that has a Sony that is acting the same way as mine did. Have "Googled" for Service Advisorys from Sony, and found a couple of British sites that indicate free repair and provide European contact points, but I can't seem to locate anything for the US. Can anyone offer any info on the subject for the States? Big John |
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I dought bad ccds were used by Sony after late 2003- mid 2004.
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"Big John" wrote in message
. net... Apparently a number of camera manufacturers are having problems with their CCD Sensors. Canon just replaced my SD 100 at no cost - in fact replaced it with an SD 550!! I have a friend that has a Sony that is acting the same way as mine did. Have "Googled" for Service Advisorys from Sony, and found a couple of British sites that indicate free repair and provide European contact points, but I can't seem to locate anything for the US. Can anyone offer any info on the subject for the States? Here's a web page detailing the problem. It lists a zillion affected Sony models. http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html Here's a Sony web page that also talks about the problem: http://www.css.ap.sony.com/consumer/....aspx?Id=45536 At the bottom are links to affected models. Bruce. |
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Here's a web page detailing the problem. It lists a zillion affected Sony models. http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html Here's a Sony web page that also talks about the problem: http://www.css.ap.sony.com/consumer/....aspx?Id=45536 At the bottom are links to affected models. Has Sony had a run of bad luck, or have they adopted an American short-term profits attitude? |
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In article , Charles
Schuler writes Has Sony adopted an American short-term profits attitude? Was Sony ever anything other than a short term profit run company? -- Kennedy Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's ****ed. Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying) |
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On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:30:59 +0000, Kennedy McEwen wrote:
In article , Charles Schuler writes Has Sony adopted an American short-term profits attitude? Was Sony ever anything other than a short term profit run company? I don't know if you remember when Sony first hit the US market with their transistorized televisions that were tiny and capable of being run off a car battery. Those were good sets--mine has been dropped and otherwise taken a beating over the years but it still works, or at least it did the last time I turned it on. Picture quality isn't what it once was, but it's been dropped and taken a beating and it's over 30 years old, so I don't hold it at fault for that. Opened it up once, it was clear that it was hand-made--no wave-soldered boards in sight. Back then Sony made good stuff. Later a time came when their equipment wasn't always particularly high-spec but it could be counted on to provide at least a usable level of functionality, if not so high as to please the connoiseur. They aren't even that good anymore. A friend bought a Sony turntable the other day that can't spin the record at anything even distantly resembling a constant speed. The toy phonograph I had when I was a kid did better. I would chalk it up to his just getting a lemon, but half the customer feedback reports for that model on Amazon report the same problem. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"Charles Schuler" wrote in message
. .. Has Sony had a run of bad luck, or have they adopted an American short-term profits attitude? I can't say as to what their attitude is, but they seem to be making lots of mistakes lately. Poor design, engineering, quality control, maybe all the above. What killed me is the rootkit virus their audio CDs installed. I've removed Sony from my buy list permanently over that one. Bruce. |
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I've removed Sony from my buy list permanently. And so have I Bruce. Different issues here, but the same decision as a consumer. I used to like and recommend Sony products. |
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J. Clarke wrote: On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:30:59 +0000, Kennedy McEwen wrote: In article , Charles Schuler writes Has Sony adopted an American short-term profits attitude? Was Sony ever anything other than a short term profit run company? I don't know if you remember when Sony first hit the US market with their transistorized televisions that were tiny and capable of being run off a car battery. Those were good sets--mine has been dropped and otherwise taken a beating over the years but it still works, or at least it did the last time I turned it on. Picture quality isn't what it once was, but it's been dropped and taken a beating and it's over 30 years old, so I don't hold it at fault for that. Opened it up once, it was clear that it was hand-made--no wave-soldered boards in sight. Back then Sony made good stuff. Later a time came when their equipment wasn't always particularly high-spec but it could be counted on to provide at least a usable level of functionality, if not so high as to please the connoiseur. They aren't even that good anymore. A friend bought a Sony turntable the other day that can't spin the record at anything even distantly resembling a constant speed. The toy phonograph I had when I was a kid did better. I would chalk it up to his just getting a lemon, but half the customer feedback reports for that model on Amazon report the same problem. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) For wedding photography I have found the fuji V10 excellent because of low light capability and ASA 1600 rating. I just purchased the newer Fuji F30 which is rated 3200 ASA and takes incredible stills at night withourt a flash, also very nice movies in dark indoor settings. ignore linedelta epsilon beta sigma drdach jeffrey dach dask dalk jeff dach quark quirk) jeffrey dach |
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Charles Schuler wrote:
Here's a web page detailing the problem. It lists a zillion affected Sony models. http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html Here's a Sony web page that also talks about the problem: http://www.css.ap.sony.com/consumer/....aspx?Id=45536 At the bottom are links to affected models. Has Sony had a run of bad luck, or have they adopted an American short-term profits attitude? Hello, Charles: What does that mean, and how is it related to the production of shoddy merchandise? (Which seems to be Sony's specialty, nowadays.) Cordially, John Turco |
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