Mike
December 21st, 2008, 02:49 AM
I've had a Canon S400 since spring of 2004. I've appreciated that with its small size (fits into a large shirt or jacket pocket) it still takes excellent 4 megapixel pictures. I carried it in my backpack all the time, and many times, it was great to have it so handy.
Recently, I started having problems. Often, when I turned it on, even in bright sunlight, the LCD would be very dark. If I did take a picture, it would look like I'd taken a picture at midnight without a flash.
(Off the point, after it developed its problems, I started using Brent's HP 4 MP camera, which wasn't very good for anything but sunlight shots. It is bigger, yet lighter than my S400, but definitely is not as good a camera.)
When we emptied my mother's house, I took her larger Canon A530. It's an 8 MP, and has a lot of features that I rarely need, but it definitely isn't pocket sized (except when wearing my big parka), so I primarily want to reserve it for trips and stuff where I might need the features.
Anyway, I did some research on the 'net about the problems I was having, and I discovered there is a known problem with the CCD (the sensor) on certain Canon cameras, and Canon was doing repairs for free, even if the camera is out of warranty. So, I called, and a nice man sent me a prepaid UPS return label. Canon determined that my camera indeed was affected by the CCD problem, and it was returned to me this week, in better shape than ever.
Cheers for Canon!
Recently, I started having problems. Often, when I turned it on, even in bright sunlight, the LCD would be very dark. If I did take a picture, it would look like I'd taken a picture at midnight without a flash.
(Off the point, after it developed its problems, I started using Brent's HP 4 MP camera, which wasn't very good for anything but sunlight shots. It is bigger, yet lighter than my S400, but definitely is not as good a camera.)
When we emptied my mother's house, I took her larger Canon A530. It's an 8 MP, and has a lot of features that I rarely need, but it definitely isn't pocket sized (except when wearing my big parka), so I primarily want to reserve it for trips and stuff where I might need the features.
Anyway, I did some research on the 'net about the problems I was having, and I discovered there is a known problem with the CCD (the sensor) on certain Canon cameras, and Canon was doing repairs for free, even if the camera is out of warranty. So, I called, and a nice man sent me a prepaid UPS return label. Canon determined that my camera indeed was affected by the CCD problem, and it was returned to me this week, in better shape than ever.
Cheers for Canon!