Need help troubleshooting a blank screen on a digital camera. Can't see anything but a black screen.?

Question

I have a Canon Power Shot S1 IS that is about 3 years old. Never had any trouble with it until today. Worked fine yesterday. I turned it on and all the functions work. I can see all the settings on the screen, but all I can see is black-no scenery (whatever I'm looking at) either on the screen or through the viewfinder. I can even push the button and it seems to be focusing, flash comes on and it snaps a photo, but still all you get is a black screen. Any suggestions? Is it dead, fixable, or just maybe a setting got changed? Thanks!

Answer 1

You're in luck I was reading Answers today.  This sounds like it might be a defective CCD imager.  If so, Canon will fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways.  This is regardless of your camera's warranty status.  Please check the following two links for more info:

http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11...

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro...

Applicable cameras include:

A40, A60, A70, A75, A80, A85, A95, A300, A310, S1 IS, S60, S200, S230, S330, S400, S410, S500, SD100, SD110, IXUS V2/300/400/430/500, IXY Digital 200a/300a/400/450/500

Now go get it fixed!