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Sony CyberShot DSC-F717
Sony CyberShot DSC-F717
  • 4 out of 5
"sony service"
  • 4 out of 5
"Acc Jack ( Remote Control )"
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Mary (mary55) 2 pts

picture has suddenly changed very pink distorted and out of focus

this is when I am looking through the display screen the view is stripped
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Brenda P (BrendaP) 28731 pts
June 1, 2007 12:40 AM
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Hi Mary,
This could be one of two things, and I'm betting it's the second one, but I'll give you the easier one first, just in case.

1. Reset your camera. Should be instructions on how to do this in the manual, it's probably under the Setup menu and called Factory Reset/ Restore Default, something along those lines.

2. Didn't work? OK. =) I think what you have is a dead/ bad image sensor. The good news is (as you can see from the comments up at top of this page, next to the stars), as people are saying, Sony is repairing this. Awhile back they had a recall on bad image sensors in certain cameras, and yours is one of them. Contact Sony at 1-866-703-7669; you should be able to get this repaired at no cost.

Here is a link to the news story.
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Mary (mary55) 2 pts
June 1, 2007 8:48 AM
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Thanks Brenda
Have been to PO and hopefully it will be back with me soon after a free repair.
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Peggy 1 pts
July 2, 2007 10:32 PM
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Wow. My camera starting doing this exact same thing. Thanks for asking this question Mary and Thanks Brenda for the knowledge to answer this question. My unit was effected and they are sending me the prepaid UPS label and fixing the camera FREE! I would purchase another Sony camera!
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Mickey 0 pts
July 3, 2007 9:10 AM
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Thanks a lot ladies. I am so glad this website exists. I was using my camera at a Cub Scout Daycamp and all of the sudden fo no reason the image went BLACK! I will be calling the number listed above after breakfast. Thanks again.
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