Wait, huh? I noticed Canon was on that list, so I clicked through to the supposed service advisory about Canon's affected cameras, and it said this:
"According to the advisory, uncovered by our friends at the Digital Photography Review website, the problem mostly manifests itself at high temperatures and humidities, and causes the camera to stop recording images, or to record distorted images. The problem is apparently caused because parts of the camera's wiring come loose."
This does not sound like a flaw in the "epoxy packaging" of the CCD or of the CCD itself. Additionally, only Canon's Asian web site has this service advisory.
I checked this specifically because I had an A70 that I gave to my mother once I upgraded, so I wanted to see if it was affected. But despite the implication to the contrary in this article, it doesn't seem to be affected by anything other than some possible loose wiring.
I wonder if the links to the other manufacturers sites will turn up similarly random and unrelated issues; I haven't checked them all.
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Wait, huh? I noticed Canon was on that list, so I clicked through to the supposed service advisory about Canon's affected cameras, and it said this:
"According to the advisory, uncovered by our friends at the Digital Photography Review website, the problem mostly manifests itself at high temperatures and humidities, and causes the camera to stop recording images, or to record distorted images. The problem is apparently caused because parts of the camera's wiring come loose."
This does not sound like a flaw in the "epoxy packaging" of the CCD or of the CCD itself. Additionally, only Canon's Asian web site has this service advisory.
I checked this specifically because I had an A70 that I gave to my mother once I upgraded, so I wanted to see if it was affected. But despite the implication to the contrary in this article, it doesn't seem to be affected by anything other than some possible loose wiring.
I wonder if the links to the other manufacturers sites will turn up similarly random and unrelated issues; I haven't checked them all.