Powershot S50 problems ...

[anandr]

My S50 has been working well for more than a yr and now certain modes on the dial do not work (like movie, stitch, Portrait) - the camera shuts off when the dial is turned to these settings. Then there are problems with the menu where I can see the 3 high level ones, the moment I choose one of them or try the scroll keys the camera shuts off again. There are several other things that doesnt work like - moving onto the next image in the review mode (previous image works). I can only zoom in to a image and not zoom out etc.

Has anyone seen this behaviour? it'll be 2 yrs in May since I bought the camera and hence it's out of warranty. Any ideas/sugg before I call customer service and send the camera for servicing?

cheers
-a

[Raj]

Did you had any accident with the camera ? or it stopped working normally by itself .. ?

You may also want to check/think whether it will be economical to get your camera repaired or bite the bullet & go for a new one. Out of warrenty repairs are sometimes more expenive & unjustified than renewel.

Regards

[OceanRider]

had mine for over a year no probs....best damb camera (P&S) I ever had. U prob need to take it to Canon and get its guts replaced. Up herte in Canada they charge a flat rate to fix it. I never saw anybody pay less than 200 for even the simplest problems at the counter. They just replace the parts no bothering to "fix" anything..

[anandr]

Called canon support and they would have charged me $150+parts+labor for fixing it (out of warranty period). Was considering fixing it, when the canon rep told me about an upgrade program from S50 to S70 for $250/- + $10 shipping and thought that's a good deal . So i went for that ... am now a powershot s70 owner.

PS: the upgrade s70 camera is a factory refurb with a warranty of 6 mos. all you need to do is return the camera body alone (prepaid mailing label incl) and they send a entire set (minus the 32MB CF card) ... so i have a spare charger, spare battery, and the entire s70 box

[Raj]

am now a powershot s70 owner.



Congratulations :-)
I wonder if canon is on high side with their offers on their factory refurb camera's .... saw a lot of these lately.