My camera. What the hell?

[tybrenis]

Hey guys,

I thought I'd post here before I send my digital camera into the manufacturer for a replacement or repair. My camera is the Casio Exilim EX-Z70.

One minute it was working, the next it started taking pictures like this:
http://www.powerpackedpc.com/images/tbcs/CIMG0474.JPG

Simple as that. The camera was babied, never dropped, never banged, bumped, nothing. It was always in a case and I've only had it since November 3rd.

The pictures come out too bright with those huge lines across it. The settings are all fine and I've triple checked them all.

[CanaBalistic]

i've never seen that before. Have it replaced.

[GT40_GearHead]

actuali i like how that looks like :D

but yeah,its busted, prob the ccd sensor

[slytherock]

Did the pics look like that on your LCD or when they are tranfered to the computer?

[tybrenis]

Before taking the picture, they look fine on the LCD. Then, after I take the picture, they appear that way. They transfer to the computer the same way.

[Redundant]

Try it with the flash off. I know little about electronics but could the flash cause static discharge that interferes with the CCD sensor???

[tybrenis]

I have no idea.

Its the same thing with Autoflash, Flash on, Flash Off, Soft Flash, Red Eye Flash, everything.

[Luke122]

My old camera started doing that after a day out taking pictures of flood damage.. it was just moisture build up on the sensor.

After a couple of days in a ziplock bag with some silica packs, she was (and still is) good as new.

Might be worth a try before shipping it away... ymmv.

[DaveW]

Hmm, that's interesting. It would have to be the software.

Unless the technology in digital cameras has changed much in the last few years, the light enters your camera and is split up into a red, green, and blue picture, which then hit separate arrays of photo conductors. These are then overlapped to form the image.

So if it was one sensor, then you would have one messed up picture colour wise.

Depending on the camera, it might still use a shutter to control the exposure. (I know mine does.) The shutter could be trapped open, and the actual 'exposure length' for the panel would be fairly constant.

Either way, it's not something you can fix. (Even you, man!) Send it back. :)

-Dave