Do you think it is dead?

Hi all,

I have a digicam (sanyo J4) which worked great since day 1 until now, almost 4 years now.
symptoms:
the lcd screen preview shows the image properly
but when I took a picture, it comes out as "purplish and very washed out"

The shapes can be guessed but it is just purple and washed out with a 200 pixel radius.

The same morning, I was able to take pictures fine. Nothing changed in between...

Now if the CCD transmit what it sees to the display panel fine, i can see what I am about to shot, why the saved image is all bad?
any idea of test I could do to get it back?
Is my digicam dying?

I think it's time for a new digicam

Your viewfinder image isn't a direct feed from the CCD, sounds like you have some hardsoftware issues. It's been pretty humid lately, so you might have a moisture problem.. even so, it's time to push on to another unit. Most of this newer technology isn't built to last ages.... 5 years if you're lucky, so flip it in 2-3 years for half money. (if you can and move on)

yeah I understand without extended warranty it will be hard to recover my lovely digicam. I guess it is more emotional than anything else, we have been through so many picture and adventure across the world!

What are CCD affected by?
moisture? I can let it dry!
Dirt? maybe I can clean them!
Age? some wrinkle lotion would work?

Originally Posted by kitkatneko

What are CCD affected by?
moisture? I can let it dry!
Dirt? maybe I can clean them!
Age? some wrinkle lotion would work?

I doubt this is a CD issue, probably some of the electronics that parses out the frames, but could be as simple as bad transfers to the media (if you have some sort of cleaning kit for it... use it). Leave it alone for a few days (age it:rolleyes), then come back to it... try again with new media. I hear a lot of the problems seem to come after this kind of equipment is left in a hot car at the beach.

I have tried the aging and cleaner of all sorts (dusted inside out too).
I will check with other media too. (thanks I forgot to try that out)