Broken digital camera 2...

[Marek]

I shall remind.. My digital camera fell down (Olympus C-5050). Most of its
parts seems to be fine. The LCD is OK, so is the Zoom , menu etc. But the
problem is that on the photos appear the vertical stripes. I noticed a
certain dependency:
- when it doesn't take photo and only display the view on LCD, the picture
is perfect (which means that the matrice is OK)
- when I make a film the picture is also perfect
- when I take a picture in a very dark room without any lightening (flash
turns on) the picture are also perfect!
The stripes appear when there are some strong light sources.
Does anyone has any idea what it can be? I will be grateful for any opinion!

 

[Marek]

I shall remind.. My digital camera fell down (Olympus C-5050). Most of its
parts seems to be fine. The LCD is OK, so is the Zoom , menu etc. But the
problem is that on the photos appear the vertical stripes.

I've made a mistake... on the photos appear the horizontal stripes(lines).

 

[Ken Weitzel]

I've made a mistake... on the photos appear the horizontal stripes(lines).

Hi...

Digital photography is my long long time hobby, and I have
several Olympus cameras.

Please send me (to me direct, not to the group) a small jpg
that shows the fault so that I can see it.

Also, please let me know what country you're in.

Take care.

Ken

 

[Marek]

An example of the photo:
http://www.toya.net.pl/~wodniak/blad.jpg

 

[Ian Stirling]

An example of the photo:
http://www.toya.net.pl/~wodniak/blad.jpg

It looks to me like you've lost a phase from the CCD drive, so you
are only getting half the lines.
This could be a mechanical problem with a broken wire inside the
chip, or a cracked PCB.
Maybe even a connector that has shifted.

Open it up, and see if you can reseat any connectors to the CCD.
Just because the preview works, it does not mean all is fine.
The preview is usually at a much lower resolution,
with the electronics reading out the image in a different way.