What is going on with my A85?

[gerryblake]

Hey guys, the stangest thing started happening to my photos taken with my A85 over the weekend. As far as I know, the camera has never been dropped or abused. Here is what the pictures are starting to look like.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/gerryblake/Bad-Image-1.gif

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/gerryblake/Bad-Image-2.gif

Has anyone seen this before and if so, what can I do to fix the problem. Thanks for the help.

Gerry

[Jon]

Could be the card or the reader/transfer cable, or the camera. Do they show up this way when you review them on the camera? Is this happening for all photos? Have you got a second card you can try? Direct-from-camera vs. card reader for transfer?

[gerryblake]

hey jon
this happened to about 50% of the pictures i took this weekend. you can see the "lines" on the display before you even take the pictures. i was hoping that the pictures would come out okay and that is was just something wrong with my display on the back of the camera. i am using a scandisk ultra II card and using a card reader to transfer the images off the card onto my computer.

thanks

Gerry

[Jon]

If you're seeing them on the screen before you take the picture, then it's time to either send it to Canon or (if it's out of warranty) get a replacement. If you get it repaired out of warranty, the cost will be a fair part of what a new, comparabler resolution, camera would cost, but without any of the generational advances. OTOH, there aren't a lot of Canon P&S in production that still take CF cards.