ixus.goes.bye-bye

Yesterday, wifey woke me with sad news...our digicam (Canon SD110 Digital ELPH aka ixus IIs), the first gadget that wifey and I bought after we got married, has finally given up. A few weeks back I did notice some partial color casts which I manage to solve (temporarily) by doing it the old fashioned way...the ever reliable "beat the hell out of it!" approach, or in this case shake it up a bit till the lines clear. Of course it never really works, but that’s how we’d tend to do it when we’re frustrated at any gadget that doesn't work right? I had a hunch something’s wrong with the camera’s CCD chip but its almost 3yrs old and already out of warranty. The repair is definitely going to cost me.

To avoid unnecessary guesswork we took it to a local Canon dealer and have it checked, to my surprise the store manager told us to take it to their service center ASAP. Hmmm…something is definitely wrong but he’s not talking. These days all the answers you’ll ever need can be found by googling it.

So let see what Google found out »»bad CCDs and this

I guess I was semi-right, it was at least CCD related, no one is confirming it but the evidence points to the package type used for those CCD. Its cheap and as expected turned out to be sub-standard. Initially, I was a bit irritated that the cam needs to be repaired I am a Canon fan and I’ve always thought they made the best digicams, but the Canon shop was quick to point out that in case they won’t be able to repair it (which they probably won’t) they will replace it with a new one or possibly a better model. I talked to a few “victims” and they told me Canon will replace it with an ixus i zoom. I’m not complaining till I get my hands on it. And if it sucks I’ll blog about it :D.

But I’m quite happy how Canon handled the problem, they could have simply told me the item was out of warranty but they offered to repair it or replace it if need be. Let’s see how thing turn out in a month’s time.