bad digimax p&s

[lm2k]

hello everybody,
i hav a old digimax P&s but frm past few weeks when ever i snap any foto it shows enormous horrizontal lines, things get worst in brite lite conditions see some samples


so what this mean?*farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6562899951_b88fa8c871_b_d.jpg


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some more samples
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things get worst in brite liting.

 

[sujoyp]

OMG they r really bad ...better retire it and get a new cam

if r on very tight budget then too the cams start from 2.5k nowdays

 

[nac]

Why lines? cause its old???

What are they saying in service center?

 

[sujoyp]

digimax service center

the lines r not coz its old but due to some issue in forming the image inside the cam

 

[lm2k]

sorry for my late reply
@nac,yesterday was christmas so service centre was closed ,
digimax was oem but mine has a huge name 'samsung' carved on it so samsung guies wud mostly handle it. I wud be going 2day again to the service centre.
@sujoy , u r rite , i think this is mostly coz of dust.

 

[lm2k]

got it fixed frm samsung techs
the Surgeons replaced the aperature and shutter unit(this one)
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interesting to note that the f/8.4 aperture was a combination of a another aperture and a ND filter(may be to avoid diffraction?)
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and basic f/2.8
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[nac]

Good that you got your cam fixed.

And good to know that this is how aperture unit looks like.

 

[sujoyp]

good that ur cam is repaired...whats the cost of repair??

 

[lm2k]

whats the cost of repair??

665rs.
Actualy it was a service centre for samsung mobile phones but they even repair cameras.