Help! Blank screen on my Fujifilm A303

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My Fujifilm A303 has developed a problem - the screen is blank. I can
"take" a shot - but it is black - nothing appears. I've changed batteries -
I've changed media cards - and the screen is still . . . blank.

Has anyone run into this? Any ideas of what is causing it? I'd appreciate
any help you can provide.

Thanks!

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Nope - this model has a self-retracting lens cover -- and it's working fine.

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"Kurt Rubin" <kurtm@rubin.net> wrote in message
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> "detink" <detink@adelphia.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>> My Fujifilm A303 has developed a problem - the screen is blank. I can
>> "take" a shot - but it is black - nothing appears. I've changed
>> batteries - I've changed media cards - and the screen is still . . .
>> blank.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this? Any ideas of what is causing it? I'd
>> appreciate any help you can provide.
>
>
> Take off the lens cap.
>

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detink wrote:
> My Fujifilm A303 has developed a problem - the screen is blank. I can
> "take" a shot - but it is black - nothing appears. I've changed batteries -
> I've changed media cards - and the screen is still . . . blank.
>
> Has anyone run into this? Any ideas of what is causing it? I'd appreciate
> any help you can provide.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, but did you turn the dial
from taking pictures to viewing pictures, or if you are in the picture
taking mode, push the display button so it switches from viewfinder to
lcd? If you did and you still don't see anything, you may have a bad
ccd. This happened to my S2 Pro which luckily Fuji replaced out of
warranty at no charge.

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CCD is a "charge coupled device" or in other words, the digital equivalent
of the film. It's the chip that all those megapixels are on.

mike

"detink" <detink@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> BTW - Don, congratulations on getting an out of warranty part [what IS a
> ccd] replaced. My local Wolf Camera wanted over $100 for an evaluation.
> Yikes!! I'm glad this group came to the rescue!