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Canon "Black Screen"
We have two Canon SD100's in the family, both about two years old, and
within 30 days of each other both went suddenly "blank" - the LCD monitor, that is!! Nothing!! When you turn the camera on, you get the on-screen "Canon" display for about 5 seconds and then it goes completely blank. Through the viewfinder, everything looks great. You can go through all the menus and they all show and can be modified as if everything were normal but there is no image on the monitor. A try to take a picture using the viewfinder produces nothing!! It's simply dead! We have changed SD cards and batteries and nothing helps. We can view images already on the SD cards, but can't take any new ones. My daughter took hers to a camera store for repair and was told that she had the dreaded "Black Screen" and that repair was over $200! Needless to say for the "quoted" price of repair, this is more than a new camera of a different brand!!(She got a Vivatar of about the same capability for $149) Anybody else have this problem? Any recommendations?? (Other than head for Target for a new camera?? Big John |
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Big John wrote:
We have two Canon SD100's in the family, both about two years old, and within 30 days of each other both went suddenly "blank" - the LCD monitor, that is!! Nothing!! When you turn the camera on, you get the on-screen "Canon" display for about 5 seconds and then it goes completely blank. Through the viewfinder, everything looks great. You can go through all the menus and they all show and can be modified as if everything were normal but there is no image on the monitor. A try to take a picture using the viewfinder produces nothing!! It's simply dead! We have changed SD cards and batteries and nothing helps. We can view images already on the SD cards, but can't take any new ones. My daughter took hers to a camera store for repair and was told that she had the dreaded "Black Screen" and that repair was over $200! Needless to say for the "quoted" price of repair, this is more than a new camera of a different brand!!(She got a Vivatar of about the same capability for $149) Anybody else have this problem? Any recommendations?? (Other than head for Target for a new camera?? Big John It's a fault with the CCD sensor. http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1128632808.html "Effective immediately, and regardless of warranty status, Canon will repair, free of charge, the products listed above exhibiting the above-mentioned malfunction if Canon determines that the malfunction is caused by the CCD image sensor. Canon will also cover the cost of shipping and handling in connection with this repair." |
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Canon "Black Screen"
frederick wrote: Big John wrote: We have two Canon SD100's in the family, both about two years old, and within 30 days of each other both went suddenly "blank" - the LCD monitor, that is!! Nothing!! When you turn the camera on, you get the on-screen "Canon" display for about 5 seconds and then it goes completely blank. Through the viewfinder, everything looks great. You can go through all the menus and they all show and can be modified as if everything were normal but there is no image on the monitor. A try to take a picture using the viewfinder produces nothing!! It's simply dead! We have changed SD cards and batteries and nothing helps. We can view images already on the SD cards, but can't take any new ones. My daughter took hers to a camera store for repair and was told that she had the dreaded "Black Screen" and that repair was over $200! Needless to say for the "quoted" price of repair, this is more than a new camera of a different brand!!(She got a Vivatar of about the same capability for $149) Anybody else have this problem? Any recommendations?? (Other than head for Target for a new camera?? Big John It's a fault with the CCD sensor. http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1128632808.html "Effective immediately, and regardless of warranty status, Canon will repair, free of charge, the products listed above exhibiting the above-mentioned malfunction if Canon determines that the malfunction is caused by the CCD image sensor. Canon will also cover the cost of shipping and handling in connection with this repair." Thanks a million!! I have already fired them a message, since their Service Center is closed (contrary to the times posted in their web page) Big John |
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Canon "Black Screen"
Yikes TWO at the same time I would be ****ed
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:53:51 +1300, frederick wrote: Big John wrote: We have two Canon SD100's in the family, both about two years old, and within 30 days of each other both went suddenly "blank" - the LCD monitor, that is!! Nothing!! When you turn the camera on, you get the on-screen "Canon" display for about 5 seconds and then it goes completely blank. Through the viewfinder, everything looks great. You can go through all the menus and they all show and can be modified as if everything were normal but there is no image on the monitor. A try to take a picture using the viewfinder produces nothing!! It's simply dead! We have changed SD cards and batteries and nothing helps. We can view images already on the SD cards, but can't take any new ones. My daughter took hers to a camera store for repair and was told that she had the dreaded "Black Screen" and that repair was over $200! Needless to say for the "quoted" price of repair, this is more than a new camera of a different brand!!(She got a Vivatar of about the same capability for $149) Anybody else have this problem? Any recommendations?? (Other than head for Target for a new camera?? Big John It's a fault with the CCD sensor. http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1128632808.html "Effective immediately, and regardless of warranty status, Canon will repair, free of charge, the products listed above exhibiting the above-mentioned malfunction if Canon determines that the malfunction is caused by the CCD image sensor. Canon will also cover the cost of shipping and handling in connection with this repair." |
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Canon "Black Screen"
LuvLatins wrote:
Yikes TWO at the same time I would be ****ed Yes- but they are doing the right thing by the consumer - fixing them for free. |
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Canon "Black Screen"
As they should but it still would **** me off.
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:06:15 +1300, frederick wrote: LuvLatins wrote: Yikes TWO at the same time I would be ****ed Yes- but they are doing the right thing by the consumer - fixing them for free. |
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