faulty Sony CCDs: are you influenced?

Sony's problem with defective CCDs does not seem to have affected as many cameras as first notion.

Sony issued a assertion closing Friday listing eight Cyber-shot fashions that function the faulty CCDs and will emerge as faulty. The models had been bought global among September 2003 and January 2005 however the problems have been observed specifically in nations with warmer climates.

however after checking with Canon , Fujifilm , Nikon and Konica Minolta , no models other than the aforementioned Cyber-pictures appear to were affected. all the agency spokespeople we spoke to confirmed that none in their digital cameras have been involved, consequently making any recollect needless.

The affected Cyber-shot models are the DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and the DSC-U50. Sony stated it'll repair a digital camera that has developed the hassle freed from price.