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Possible bad sensor on Canon Digital IXUS 500

pegaqui
Apprentice

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.1772502257183-e980f586-2b4a-49af-a830-bd0d111f8c6a

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shadowsports
Legend
Legend

Greetings,

The IXUS 500 is a 22 yr old camera with a 5MP sensor.  It's far behind the technology curve.  A modern cell phone can outperform it.   

Respectfully, there is nothing worth repairing.  I suggest you let it go.

~Rick
Bay Area - CA


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