Powershot A1300 LCD display is white

[thinkfiat]

My Canon Powershot A1300 LCD display is permanently white and the camera does not take pictures any more. Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this please?

This happened suddenly. I took a picture with flash, which worked OK, then tried a second picture almost immediately and the display had gone white.

If I press DISP to switch between LCD and viewfinder, the screen will switch between black and white and sometimes spontaneously switches off too - but still won't take pictures.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Richard

[kvbarkley]

Probably a bad sensor. I think it's time for a new camera.

[thinkfiat]

Thanks for the quick reply. I feared that might be the case.

... but if anyone can suggest a happier ending, that would be great.

Regards

Richard

[Waddizzle]

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@thinkfiat wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply. I feared that might be the case.

... but if anyone can suggest a happier ending, that would be great.

Regards

Richard

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If new batteries doesn't recover it, then it is surely toast. 

[thinkfiat]

I tried the batteries (that is about the limit of my technical skills). I guess it is toast then. Sad.

[Waddizzle]

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@thinkfiat wrote:

I tried the batteries (that is about the limit of my technical skills). I guess it is toast then. Sad.

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Contact Canon U.S. Support for the best advice.  They're more familiar with the gear than we are.  Good Luck.