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drewms64
03-25-2009, 09:36 AM
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9158/sdc10416.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sdc10416.jpg)

That is what a picture taken indoors looks like. If I take something outside, the image is usually solid white. It doesnt appear like the shutter is closing, so thats why it can somewhat work inside, but turns out like it does in the link.

The reason this is happening is someone had a sugary drink that splashed only on the lense. I already took it apart and used some alcohol to clean the little flaps of the shutter, which were pretty much glued together due to the drink. Im just not sure if this is permanent hardware damage or something that is fixable by me.

The camera is only a refurbished Samsung s860, which the repair costs through their website cost more than I bought the camera for, which was like $60. If I cant do anything else to fix it, oh well, im not out that much.

tim11
03-25-2009, 05:06 PM
It is screwed alright.

Dread Pirate Roberts
03-26-2009, 12:41 AM
What have you got to loose at this point? Sounds like you've had a good go with the solvent. Perhaps try again, at your own peril of course.

K1W1
03-26-2009, 12:58 AM
I thought that the s860 was a P&S rather than a DSLR so on that basis I would simply bin it.

Beowulff
03-26-2009, 07:59 AM
If the shutter blades were "glued" together with the sticky drink, you can bet the rest of its innards were soaked as well.

Time for the bin I'm afraid.

:rolleyes:

drewms64
03-26-2009, 05:03 PM
Whoops, missed the DSLR part of the forum title :)

Yeah I figured, with those lines showing up, has to be hardware. Oh well, I knew it wasnt anything great, just needed something cheap to take to places where I wouldnt really care if it got messed up.

Thanks guys