Fix or Buy New // Viewfinder in Powershot A75 won't show image ...

[bobsakomano]

I'd appreciate any input anyone might have on this problem I'm having with my now 2+ yr. old PowerShot A75. I've had absolutely no problems with it -- quite thrilled w/ it actually -- until this morning when I went to turn it on, and the viewfinder no longer displays what the camera is pointing at.:mad:

What it shows is just a black screen w/ fluttering colours, mostly pink like a large horizontal band left to right. Band isn't static; it's constantly moving, and when I go to take a picture (thinking perhaps maybe it can still read images & send to card w/out viewfinder), what I get is exactly what is now showing on the viewfinder.:confused:

I've tried re-formatting the card, no luck. Images on card I could see in playback mode. Tried another CF card, no difference. Batteries also fine.

Anyone heard of this before? Too expensive to fix??? Any help would be sincerely apprecreciated!

[BowerR64]

That sounds like the canon recall. If you go to the canonUSA website they have a notice about a recall on the CCD that they have found to be defective. If you contact them they send you a page you print a prepaid label and you send it to them. They repair it and send it back free of charge. Ive had a few things fixed by canon and they are great about it.

[bobsakomano]

Wow! That's amazing news. Thanks so much. Hopefully that's what it is, and I can get it back quickly! Don't want to drop another 3,4 hundred $$ on a new cam.