Powershot S50 CCD Banding

catseye · 28th October 2006

Hi ... a fren of mine have a Powershot S50 with a CCD problem which shows up as "banding" on the images! Any folks here seen this problem! Wonder if this is a known quality issue! (din seem to see any such posting in CS

)

If yes, want to go and bang table liao! (hehe ... just like what I did for my A75 and S2IS)

Cheers!

ultrazoom · 29th October 2006

Any sample to show...?

catseye · 29th October 2006

Thanks for reading ... trying to get a sample from fren to post ... stay tune.

catseye · 31st October 2006

Hi, sorry for the delay, just got this sample from fren. 100% crop.

Any CSers seen this problem either with the S50 or other models?

Cheers!

gama · 1st November 2006

hi,

i have powershot s50 for about 3 years and never seen such problem. better bring to canon centre.

catseye · 1st November 2006

Originally Posted by gama

hi,

i have powershot s50 for about 3 years and never seen such problem. better bring to canon centre.

Thanks gama!

Yes, she bought to Canon and was quoted about $300 but parts no stock! Then was given option to trade-in to other Canon models for only $80 less the RRP of the chosen model!

Quite bad deal.

Hoping to hear from brothers here if there is a known problem... I guess most likely not then

gama · 2nd November 2006

$300!! that's expensive, well I also just sent out mine to Canon to fix the sliding door few months ago and they charged me $80.

There was reported problem on CCD made by Sony last year/2 years ago which end up in recall, but can't remember if Canon's camera were affected. Maybe not, since I remember I wasn't worried about my camera. My dad's was affected but he was using Nikon.

Anyway, you could run google on this and see if certain Canon's models were affected, just to make sure. All the best.

catseye · 2nd November 2006

Originally Posted by gama

$300!! that's expensive, well I also just sent out mine to Canon to fix the sliding door few months ago and they charged me $80.

There was reported problem on CCD made by Sony last year/2 years ago which end up in recall, but can't remember if Canon's camera were affected. Maybe not, since I remember I wasn't worried about my camera. My dad's was affected but he was using Nikon.

Anyway, you could run google on this and see if certain Canon's models were affected, just to make sure. All the best.

Thanks again bro.

caseytan · 3rd November 2006

http://www.canon-asia.com/index.jsp?...ice&country=SG

The CCD problem product list has been modified, S60 was added to the list, but not S50

catseye · 3rd November 2006

Originally Posted by caseytan

http://www.canon-asia.com/index.jsp?...ice&country=SG

The CCD problem product list has been modified, S60 was added to the list, but not S50

Cool ... thanks Casey.

catseye · 3rd November 2006

Hieee, thanks for all your responses and tips.

Just talked to Canon. They cannot do anything more than repair it or trade in the spoilt cam since this model is not affected by the "recall" due to CCD problem.

Cheers!

caseytan · 3rd November 2006

Originally Posted by catseye

Hieee, thanks for all your responses and tips.

Just talked to Canon. They cannot do anything more than repair it or trade in the spoilt cam since this model is not affected by the "recall" due to CCD problem.

Cheers!

maybe can keep the cam aside, then pray hard that it will be included into the recall list

catseye · 3rd November 2006

Originally Posted by caseytan

maybe can keep the cam aside, then pray hard that it will be included into the recall list

Thanks Casey ... that is a good tip.

Cheers!

An drew · 5th November 2006

Originally Posted by gama

$300!! that's expensive, well I also just sent out mine to Canon to fix the sliding door few months ago and they charged me $80.

There was reported problem on CCD made by Sony last year/2 years ago which end up in recall, but can't remember if Canon's camera were affected. Maybe not, since I remember I wasn't worried about my camera. My dad's was affected but he was using Nikon.

Anyway, you could run google on this and see if certain Canon's models were affected, just to make sure. All the best.

I have the same "banding"problem, "sliding door" problem, fading dial icons problem on my S-50. I have been a great advocate for the Powershot S series until the banding problem appears.
I hope problems will not appear on my 20D otherwise I would have to post quite a lot of WTS for my canon lenses....

28th October 2006	#1
catseye Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Posts: 683	Powershot S50 CCD Banding Hi ... a fren of mine have a Powershot S50 with a CCD problem which shows up as "banding" on the images! Any folks here seen this problem! Wonder if this is a known quality issue! (din seem to see any such posting in CS ) If yes, want to go and bang table liao! (hehe ... just like what I did for my A75 and S2IS) Cheers! __________________ A700 5D 16-80 50/1.7 28/2.8 28-75/2.8 Beercan 100-300 18-250 10-20 5600 http://esstoo.multiply.com/

29th October 2006	#2
ultrazoom Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 552	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding Any sample to show...?

29th October 2006	#3
catseye Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Posts: 683	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding Thanks for reading ... trying to get a sample from fren to post ... stay tune. __________________ A700 5D 16-80 50/1.7 28/2.8 28-75/2.8 Beercan 100-300 18-250 10-20 5600 http://esstoo.multiply.com/

31st October 2006	#4
catseye Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Posts: 683	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding Hi, sorry for the delay, just got this sample from fren. 100% crop. Any CSers seen this problem either with the S50 or other models? Cheers! __________________ A700 5D 16-80 50/1.7 28/2.8 28-75/2.8 Beercan 100-300 18-250 10-20 5600 http://esstoo.multiply.com/

1st November 2006	#5
gama Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 150	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding hi, i have powershot s50 for about 3 years and never seen such problem. better bring to canon centre.

2nd November 2006	#7
gama Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 150	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding $300!! that's expensive, well I also just sent out mine to Canon to fix the sliding door few months ago and they charged me $80. There was reported problem on CCD made by Sony last year/2 years ago which end up in recall, but can't remember if Canon's camera were affected. Maybe not, since I remember I wasn't worried about my camera. My dad's was affected but he was using Nikon. Anyway, you could run google on this and see if certain Canon's models were affected, just to make sure. All the best.

3rd November 2006	#9
caseytan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: w o o d l a n d s Posts: 631	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding http://www.canon-asia.com/index.jsp?...ice&country=SG The CCD problem product list has been modified, S60 was added to the list, but not S50

3rd November 2006	#11
catseye Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Posts: 683	Re: Powershot S50 CCD Banding Hieee, thanks for all your responses and tips. Just talked to Canon. They cannot do anything more than repair it or trade in the spoilt cam since this model is not affected by the "recall" due to CCD problem. Cheers! __________________ A700 5D 16-80 50/1.7 28/2.8 28-75/2.8 Beercan 100-300 18-250 10-20 5600 http://esstoo.multiply.com/