From:
Christian
> My Optio 330 has been on permanent loan to my dad for a few years. I
> use it now and then when I want to shoot underwater pictures since I
> have the UW case for it. A few months ago, my dad said that some of
> the images looked "weird" and asked if I knew why. Looking at the
> images, it may be that the sensor is shot, but some (75% or so) images
> come out ok. Granted, the camera is over 5 years old so maybe it's
> reached its useful life. Anybody have any ideas?
I have a Canon P&S that started looking like that just before it failed
completely. It had a Sony sensor, that was later recalled. The Optio may
have one of those Sony sensors as well.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/badccds.html.
> Digital Cameras
>
> * Optio 330RS
> * Optio 330GS
> * Optio 33L
> * Optio 43WR
> * Optio 550
> * Optio 555
>
> Pentax USA have published a brief note on their Customer Care &
> Support homepage
> <http://www.pentaximaging.com/customer_care/pentax_service/index.jsp>
> which refers customers to a separate PDF file
> <http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs//CCD_Service_Information.pdf>
> for further information. This document pledges repair of the problem
> free of charge, regardless of warranty status, as long as the camera
> doesn't have other symptoms not described as part of the problem.
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