What I found interesting was that Fujifilm issued a similar technical
notice for similar symptoms at the same time for the S2 Pro, and some
of their super sensor digicams. Are these amazing sensors made for
Fuji by Sony? This question was met with hostility on the Fuji forum,
but the concidence of the the time of the announcement and the
identical problem is too great. for it not to be true.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Oct 11, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Andreas Pirner wrote:
>
> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
>> All the 2/3" sensor cameras have Sony sensors. The differences
>> between them are the differences between the manufacturers' image
>> processing chip.
>> That is odd about the dates.
>>
>
> AG Schnozz wrote:
>
>>>> affects models built between 10/2004 and 3/2005.
>>>>
>
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/64800
>
> comments (in German) on that topic. I do translate a bit ...
> Several camera makers announced some malfunctioning sensors.
> All promise to take care of these problems by cost free
> repairs -- even for models beyond regular guarentee times.
>
> Origin of problems are Sony CCD sensors made between 10/2002
> and 03/2004. At that time frame is said to be critical by
> Sony. A reason given for the problems are wires getting
> loose, wires from/to the CCD sensor.
>
> Sony had experimented with the bonding chemicals to increase
> output rate. Some jodine related substance creates most
> troubles. It evaporates and corroded the wires. The
> manufacturing process is altered since and thought to be
> corrected now.
>
> More than 100 model are involved, reaching from PDAs to
> video cams. All of them are threatened by early death.
>
> 'The Imaging Resource' reports that Sony is planning to
> repay all expenses the camera makers run into when
> doing their cost free customer care programs. That may
> look like an incalculatable step, but may be the only
> thing Sony can do to keep the makers as customers.
>
> Andreas
>
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