Sensor Messed up?

ok guys, well, i first got into photography with my little bitty A530. it was a dandy little camera that did its job for well over two years. then i got a nice little birthday present, which was the XTi, so the little A530 went on a shelf. well, now the time has come that i dont want to always carry around the A530, like parties, school, and other likewise activities. so i find my A530, and i turn it on, and it works! not quite... the LCD works fine, with the canon logo appearing, and it'll take pictures, and record audio, but nothing visual. when i put it in video mode, only sound gets recorded, and the visuals are just black, and pictures are black. the LCD works fine, and i can review older pictures on it, but whats the deal? i LOVED this camera, and really want it working again. is it possible? or has it bit the dust?

thanks in advance.

did you try the reset all, also remove batteries and set it set for the weekend

The shutter (iris) may be stuck closed from a lack of use. If that is the case it will not allow any light through and the screen will appear black. Can you take a flashlight and shine it in to the lens while you press the button to take a picture and see if the iris opens? If it does not open briefly and close it is stuck closed. Good luck!!

thanks guys. i just went out of town, and left the camera at home, but when i get back, i'll definately give it a try. i really liked this camera, and i'll do close to anything to save it. lol

and how would i go about "reset all" ?

ok, im back in town. i did the flash light experiment, and i did see the shutter open, and close. so thats not the issue. i also put in new batteries, and that didnt do the trick either. so how would i go about "resetting all"?

EDIT: just found out how to do it, and i tried it. didnt work either. so, is all hope lost?

It doesn't sound quite like the issue described in the Service Notice stickied here, but you might want to give that a try - call Canon and say you might have the problem described there. They'll send you a mailer for the camera, you send it in and they'll either fix it free, if that is the problem, or tell you how much it'll cost to repair anything else.