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Sony Finds Defect In Digital Cameras

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the caveat-emptor dept.

gbobeck writes "Sony announced Friday that it found a defect in 8 Cyber-shot compact digital camera models. 'The liquid crystal display screens of eight camera models might not display images correctly, images could be distorted or cameras might not take photos at all.' The affected models were sold between September 2003 and January 2005 globally. According to Sony spokesman Chisato Kitsukawa, 'Sony will repair for free only cameras that show signs of the problems.'"

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  1. Re:Why work with Sony anymore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Dell-Sony battery recall really pissed me off

    How about a exploding battery and a burnt crotch? At least they replaced the batteries.

  2. Re:Which models are affected? by cliffski · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here aqre the affected ones; (from http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowArticle.action?sect ion=en_GB_Support&articlesection=2&article=1128075 116465&site=odw_en_GB)

    F717
    DSC-M1
    DSC-P10
    DSC-P12
    DSC-P2
    DSC-P31
    DSC-P32
    DSC-P51
    DSC-P52
    DSC-P7
    DSC-P71
    DSC-P72
    DSC-P8
    DSC-P92
    DSC-T1
    DSC-T3
    DSC-T11
    DSC-T33
    DSC-U10
    DSC-U20
    DSC-U30
    DSC-U40
    DSC-U50
    DSC-U60
    DSC-V1
    MVC-CD400
    MVC-CD500
    MVC-FD200

    I'm not karma whoring, I actually own one of these pieces of shit (DSC-P72). I bought a replacement camera (non-sony) 2 weeks ago. Bastards. I'm still going to ensure they fix the piece of crap.

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  3. I may be showing my age... by pr0digy25 · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...but I remember a day when "Sony" meant a product of superior quality. It's too bad those fond memories seem distant and are slipping from my mind.

  4. Re:Canon has it's problems too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Don't be too hard on Sony. I recently had to get Canon to replace my PowerShot A70 with a A530 (better res, flimsy camera body) because the image sensor was defective. It was a known defect but they couldn't come up with the replacement part for 2 months.

    That known defect in your Canon was a SONY CCD fault. The same one that affected Fujifilm, Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and probably a few others to boot.