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I have a Sony Cyber shot DSC-P200. Recently the live image stopped showing on the screen but could view past photo’s. Purchased a remanufactured lens which fixed my problem. My question is does anyone know what might be in the lens to cause such a problem.
@chets the CCD imager which has failed.
CCD failure is very common for digital cameras made during 2005-2007. Your camera should have given you an error code (E:61:XX) if the iris motor would have failed.
There is no way to know for sure without examining the defective lens assembly, but… I know of cases where the internal iris has stuck. If it sticks in the “open” position, the camera will appear to work, but may have washed out pictures/videos. If stuck in the “closed” position, you will see black in both cases. In your case, what appears to be nothing showing on the screen may be a stuck iris in the closed position. Since these lens assemblies are often sealed, there is no way to actually “fix” them unless you have access to a clean room. Hope this helps, Dan
Is it possible that what you are calling an imager others may call a sensor? If so, the sensor was not in the refurbished lens, the hole was covered with masking tape. I transferred the sensor from the old lens. Now, on another issue, I mistakenly canceled the email replies which I did not want to do. Can anyone tell me how to undo that? Again thanks for all the replies, they have all been most informative.
