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Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
After 4 years of bulletproof service, my Canon digital camera has gone
goofy. On July 21st it shot a few "purple shots": http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2515.jpg On July 26th, it was normal again. Then on Aug 29th, it went psychedelic and never came back: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2531.jpg (this is a photo of a guitar) The day it happened, I took the camera out of a nice air-conditioned house and into the usual 95°Texas summer day so I'm wondering if condensation hosed the CCD or something. I find the fact that it "healed itself" once encouraging, but after several days there's no improvement. Given that it's only a $200 camera, I'm guessing it wouldn't be worth it to send it to Canon's service facility. If it's really hosed, I figure I might as well open it up and see if there's anything obviously wrong inside. Any ideas here as to what it might be? Dallas |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:56:37 -0500, "Dallas"
wrote: After 4 years of bulletproof service, my Canon digital camera has gone goofy. On July 21st it shot a few "purple shots": http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2515.jpg On July 26th, it was normal again. Then on Aug 29th, it went psychedelic and never came back: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2531.jpg (this is a photo of a guitar) The day it happened, I took the camera out of a nice air-conditioned house and into the usual 95°Texas summer day so I'm wondering if condensation hosed the CCD or something. I find the fact that it "healed itself" once encouraging, but after several days there's no improvement. Given that it's only a $200 camera, I'm guessing it wouldn't be worth it to send it to Canon's service facility. If it's really hosed, I figure I might as well open it up and see if there's anything obviously wrong inside. Any ideas here as to what it might be? Yep. See: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&f categoryid=221&modelid=8776 Canon will fix it for free. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
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Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
Dallas wrote:
Yep. See: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller? act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&fcategoryid= 221&modelid=8776 Canon will fix it for free. Jeff Liebermann Holy sh*t Jeff... how did you do that? I think you got it... I think I owe ya big time. [displaying thumbs up] Dallas Me too as we have one of the affected camcorders with that problem. Thanks! G² |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:17:03 -0500, "Dallas"
wrote: Yep. See: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&f categoryid=221&modelid=8776 Canon will fix it for free. Jeff Liebermann Holy sh*t Jeff... how did you do that? Pornographic memory perhaps. Actually, someone had previously asked a similar question about different Canon camera about a year ago. I supplies a partial answer. Someone else pointed out it was a chronic problem with some Canon cameras and posted the URL. I added it to my bookmark mess and produced it when you asked. Incidentally, be careful how you handle the lens. Get a little dirt or crud into the telescoping mechanism, and it jams, yielding an E18 error: http://www.e18error.com That's how I obtained 3 of my Canon cameras. Users got an E18 error, jammed the lens mechanism, or both. Canon wasn't very interested in fixing their design problem, so I bought the cameras for peanuts. Repair is fairly straight forward, but takes 2-3 hours per camera. http://www.fixya.com/support/t102982-e_18_problem The problem seems to be caused most often when the lens is extended when the camera is inside some kind of camera bag or holder. Also, there were 2 other cameras with E18 errors that I couldn't fix. They were so full of semi-hardened drywall dust and gypsum cement, that I declared them to be spare parts cameras. I think you got it... I think I owe ya big time. [displaying thumbs up] Dallas Well, I haven't had the oportunity to use the Canon warranty. I'm a big fan of Canon cameras and have 4 of them (S230, S5-IS, A40, A60). The A60 may potentially have a problem, but so far, no CCD failure yet. Good luck. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 21:16:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&f categoryid=221&modelid=8776 Canon will fix it for free. Me too as we have one of the affected camcorders with that problem. Thanks! G² Canon isn't the only camera with potentially defective CCD's. See: http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1164379168.html CCD imagers in cameras made between 2002 thru 2004 by Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, Konica Minolta, Nikon, Ricoh, and Olympus are affected. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
"Jeff Liebermann" wrote Repair is fairly straight forward, but takes 2-3 hours per camera. Woof! That's a big tear-down.. I think I'll just baby the camera and hope it never happens. I called Canon... they're emailing me a label to send the camera back to them. Again, Thanks! Dallas |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:40:34 -0500, "Dallas"
wrote: "Jeff Liebermann" wrote Repair is fairly straight forward, but takes 2-3 hours per camera. Woof! That's a big tear-down.. I think I'll just baby the camera and hope it never happens. 2-3 hours is typical depending on how you do it. You can spend 2.5 hours carefully disassembling it, making photos as you go along. It then takes only an additional 0.5 hrs to reassemble it. Or, you can rapidly tear it apart in 0.5 hours, and then waste 2.5 hrs trying to remember where things went. Either way, it's 3 hours. I called Canon... they're emailing me a label to send the camera back to them. Very good. -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 # http://802.11junk.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
"Dallas" wrote in
m: After 4 years of bulletproof service, my Canon digital camera has gone goofy. On July 21st it shot a few "purple shots": http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2515.jpg On July 26th, it was normal again. Then on Aug 29th, it went psychedelic and never came back: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/IMG_2531.jpg (this is a photo of a guitar) The day it happened, I took the camera out of a nice air-conditioned house and into the usual 95°Texas summer day so I'm wondering if condensation hosed the CCD or something. I find the fact that it "healed itself" once encouraging, but after several days there's no improvement. Given that it's only a $200 camera, I'm guessing it wouldn't be worth it to send it to Canon's service facility. If it's really hosed, I figure I might as well open it up and see if there's anything obviously wrong inside. Any ideas here as to what it might be? Dallas Dallas. Read this: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller? act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&fcategoryid= 221&modelid=8776 Your A75 is listed on this notice about the defective CCD imagers. I found a nice A70 in a thrift shop with no picture. I stumbled upon this webpage looking for service on it. I sent Canon and email admitting I was not the original owner. They emailed me back, immediately, with a USP shipping label to print out and put on the box, paying the shipping out. They emailed me twice more saying they had inspected the camera and yes it was the CCD and they would fix it for free. They fixed it and emailed me when it shipped a week later....repaired, cleaned internally, aligned, lenses recoated very nicely and all....at no charge. Guess who I recommend for cameras, printers, and anything else Canon makes.....(c; First class service from a First Class company. Someone must be there to sign for the camera's return on FEDEX Two Day Express!...all free. |
Canon Powershot A75 goes psychedelic
Larry wrote:
snip Dallas. Read this: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller? act=PgComSmModDisplayAct&keycode=2112&fcategoryid= 221&modelid=8776 Your A75 is listed on this notice about the defective CCD imagers. I found a nice A70 in a thrift shop with no picture. I stumbled upon this webpage looking for service on it. I sent Canon and email admitting I was not the original owner. They emailed me back, immediately, with a USP shipping label to print out and put on the box, paying the shipping out. They emailed me twice more saying they had inspected the camera and yes it was the CCD and they would fix it for free. They fixed it and emailed me when it shipped a week later....repaired, cleaned internally, aligned, lenses recoated very nicely and all....at no charge. Guess who I recommend for cameras, printers, and anything else Canon makes.....(c; First class service from a First Class company. Someone must be there to sign for the camera's return on FEDEX Two Day Express!...all free. Same story for our Canon camcorder. It was back in 7 days with no charges at all. We currently have 2 Canon digitals and 2 Canon 35mm cameras besides the camcorder. I've been happy with all of them and will happily buy another Canon when the time comes. G² |
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