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Digital Camera Failures

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the on-their-best-behavior dept.

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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  1. Phew! by higuy48 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Boy, am I glad I've procrastinated on buying a camera and continue to do so.

    While I'm here, anybody have a reccommendation for an amateur-enthusiast-level mini-DV camcorder between $500 and $1000?

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  2. Re:Dammit!! by DoorFrame · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's just the LCD screen... the camera still works fine, right? You'll just need to use the viewfinder if the LCD happens to bonk out at an important moment. It's really not too tragic.

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  3. Olympus Rocks! by Colonel+Blimp · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Olympus is the best, and they make underwater cases for scuba divers for all their cameras.

    Yeah!

  4. Obnoxoiusly obfuscatory posting formatitation by jpellino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK - was it really necessary to put links into four separate words in a phrase so we had to click on each of them to spin off to another site to find out that it was Konica, Fuji, Canon and Sony - I mean it's cute and techy and all but ... huh?

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  5. Re:They're complex. by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unless your digital camera's broken. In which case you can't turn
    around anything.

  6. Re:They're complex. by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Simple - unless you buy an expensive SLR digital cameras are rubbish
    for capturing quick fleeting moments. Also I prefer storing negatives
    as backups rather than computer files and the future hassle of having
    to transfer them between ever changing formats. As for paying , well
    I've yet to find a way to go from digital to print without having to
    A) pay at a kiosk or B) buy my own printer and pay $$$ for ink. Unless
    you know better.