Canon A Series Problem?

[the_wildthing]

I was raving about my A70 and how it had all the features I wanted at the price I was willing to spend... Had it for two years.

And then last week the display image became blurred. Pictures were also blurred.

My wife brought it to the service center at P. Tamo, and the way it was explained is that they were "expecting" the CCD to malfunction in 1 or 2 years. Some factory defect I guess. I don't know if this is limited to the A70 or the entire Axx line.

I've got to hand it to Canon though, they were willing to lend a service unit, an A520. The catch was that the replacement parts are arriving in December.

My only problems with this arrangement are: 1) the A520 uses an SD/MMC card. I only have CFs. 2) we can't wait until December, we'll be in the US, and according to Canon, only their Asian centers can fix the problem. Don't know if this is because my camera was purchased in Asia or because the US centers are not equipped to fix the A70.

Baka lang may A series din kayo, and you encounter the same problem... FYI lang din, at baka may taga-Canon dito na puwede akong tulungan. 'Til Friday na lang kasi.