digicam failure: blurred and magenta

[Chris Campbell]

I have a 2-3 year old Olympus D-460 Zoom. It's worked great up to
now.

Recently it's developed a problem where the images are degraded.
Every image has the same problem:
- well overexposed
- magenta tint, like the blue sensor isn't working
- horizontal lines in the images, sort of like a magnified TV image
- slight vertical ghosting, basically blurred, as if the camera was
bumped while the image was being captured

What I see on the LCD display PRIOR to snapping the photo looks
normal. I do see the blues in the scene.

What I see on the LCD display AFTER to snapping the photo, and after
downloading the image, looks bad per the above description.

I'm sure this is some common failure mode on this model or perhaps
consumer digital cameras in general. I tried doing a reset where I
took the batteries out of the camera for about 8 hours, and the camera
appeared to reset (it forgot the date and resolution setting), but I
still have the problem.

It seems to work OK in low light situations.

Any ideas?

 

[Jerry G.]

Since you properly see the image on the LCD display, this means that the
imaging process is working correctly. The fault would be the image
processing where the image is written to the memory card. You will not be
able to fix this yourself. You will have to send the camera to the
manufacture if you want it fixed. They will change the main processor
circuit board, and recalibrate the camera to correct this.

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Jerry G.
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"Chris Campbell" <chris-google@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:ba42132e.0405270459.58ce44bf@posting.google.com...
I have a 2-3 year old Olympus D-460 Zoom. It's worked great up to
now.

Recently it's developed a problem where the images are degraded.
Every image has the same problem:
- well overexposed
- magenta tint, like the blue sensor isn't working
- horizontal lines in the images, sort of like a magnified TV image
- slight vertical ghosting, basically blurred, as if the camera was
bumped while the image was being captured

What I see on the LCD display PRIOR to snapping the photo looks
normal. I do see the blues in the scene.

What I see on the LCD display AFTER to snapping the photo, and after
downloading the image, looks bad per the above description.

I'm sure this is some common failure mode on this model or perhaps
consumer digital cameras in general. I tried doing a reset where I
took the batteries out of the camera for about 8 hours, and the camera
appeared to reset (it forgot the date and resolution setting), but I
still have the problem.

It seems to work OK in low light situations.

Any ideas?

 

[Watson A.Name \"Watt Sun]

Chris Campbell wrote:

I have a 2-3 year old Olympus D-460 Zoom. It's worked great up to
now.

Recently it's developed a problem where the images are degraded.
[snip]

Any ideas?

Buy a new camera. They're probably cheaper than getting an
out-of-warranty camera fixed.

 

[Ken Weitzel]

Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the Dark Remover" wrote:

Chris Campbell wrote:

I have a 2-3 year old Olympus D-460 Zoom. It's worked great up to
now.

Recently it's developed a problem where the images are degraded.

[snip]

Any ideas?


Buy a new camera. They're probably cheaper than getting an
out-of-warranty camera fixed.

IF you do happen to go that route, please send me
an email. I have a need for one for "spare parts",
so will be happy to buy it from you.

Take care.

Ken