https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/Possible-bad-sensor-on-Canon-Digital-IXUS-500/m-p/588529#M20899 <P>Recently I found my old digital camera and tried to turn it on and it worked but the images on the display were defected. I thought it was a problem with the CF card and I saw a pin bent, so I fixed it. But now the same problem persists and I've been told it was possibly a bad CCD sensor. Since I don't understand much about cameras I thought I could find help in here. I'll leave some photos of what I see. If it is actually a bad sensor, what can I do? Does it have repair or is just scrap? I really liked this camera and really wanted to bring it back to life.<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73893i41772A0F02E5D4E8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" alt="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" /></span></P> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:48:15 GMT pegaqui 2026-03-03T01:48:15Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/Possible-bad-sensor-on-Canon-Digital-IXUS-500/m-p/588529#M20899 <P>Recently I found my old digital camera and tried to turn it on and it worked but the images on the display were defected. I thought it was a problem with the CF card and I saw a pin bent, so I fixed it. But now the same problem persists and I've been told it was possibly a bad CCD sensor. Since I don't understand much about cameras I thought I could find help in here. I'll leave some photos of what I see. If it is actually a bad sensor, what can I do? Does it have repair or is just scrap? I really liked this camera and really wanted to bring it back to life.<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73893i41772A0F02E5D4E8/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" alt="1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a" /></span></P> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:48:15 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/Possible-bad-sensor-on-Canon-Digital-IXUS-500/m-p/588529#M20899 pegaqui 2026-03-03T01:48:15Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/Possible-bad-sensor-on-Canon-Digital-IXUS-500/m-p/588536#M20900 <P>Greetings,</P> <P>The IXUS 500 is a 22 yr old camera with a 5MP sensor.&nbsp; It's far behind the technology curve.&nbsp; A modern cell phone can outperform it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>Respectfully, there is nothing worth repairing.&nbsp; I suggest you let it go.</P> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:27:34 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Point-Shoot-Digital-Cameras/Possible-bad-sensor-on-Canon-Digital-IXUS-500/m-p/588536#M20900 shadowsports 2026-03-03T03:27:34Z